(September 21, 2013 at 2:03 pm)Godschild Wrote:(September 21, 2013 at 1:45 pm)Brian37 Wrote: John still cant grasp the reality of the way the character is written.
As a literary device the "God" character reflected the feudal "divine right of kings". Kings are dictators just like Kim Jong Un. They will protect minions but kill all dissenters and those who doubt or question.
So the holy books reflected the tribalism of the time it was written.
God worked and works through history, He never intended to change it, He wanted man to, but we did not so He sent His Son into history to redeem man.
GC
Redeem man from what exactly? It obviously can't be things we know of such as illness, murder, etc...
So what exactly did he save us from?