(October 13, 2013 at 9:01 am)John V Wrote:(October 13, 2013 at 8:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Because the protection of humans by humans is well-nigh impossible. If - as your lot always claim - God loves us as his children, then the duty of protection of the innocent necessarily falls to God.God doesn't claim fathership to the entire race in the Bible.
I don't generally car for the God-as-father analogy, but it seems to apply here. Suppose you have a gaggle of kids of your own: who is responsible for their protection - you, or children their own age?
Boru
I sense a semantic turd sandwich. He supposedly created humans in his image, and that seems to satisfy the fatherhood bit.