RE: The Immorality of God - Slavery in the Old Testament
January 24, 2016 at 10:37 pm
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2016 at 10:38 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(January 24, 2016 at 10:30 pm)athrock Wrote:(January 24, 2016 at 9:12 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: None of this actually addresses my objections, it merely restates the bunk you've already blathered.
Answer the objections, don't restate your flawed claims.
I see. How can I say this more clearly...
1. God could force His will upon us since He is more powerful than we are, but if he did so, it would result in our loss of free will because we would would be coerced into serving him. Given the frequent objections to any and every mention of hell as a "threat", I'm surprised you are not more sensitive to this.
2. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He does not change. Neither does His morality. This does not prevent Him from revealing his will to us progressively.
3. If we look back at some past instructions that God gave to Israel, we cannot fall into the trap of judging His actions as falling short of our present understanding of morality.
Now, I've tried more than once, but if this is still insufficient, please re-state your objections.
You've ignored the point that a choice made under duress is not "free".
You've ignored the point that if your god is perfect, then by definition so should be his revelation ... and creations such as students of his morality, for that matter.
You've ignored the point that a timeless objective morality should not look any different from any historical vantage.
Until you address those objections, your "argument" -- if I may dignify it as such -- is vapid. Not to mention that said "argument" is merely a set of unfounded assertions.
Over to you.
