(July 29, 2016 at 10:43 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: In my experience, God hates the same people that the Christian invoking his name does. Which is convenient for the Christian, eh?
As vital as scripture cherry picking is to the continued existence of Christianity, it is just absolutely mind boggling the bible nowhere authorizes it.
Still, necessity being the mother of invention theology . . . .
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.