Had a miscarriage? That was your fault for sinning
https://soundcloud.com/askpastorjohn/did...pisode-963
May that discipline come in the form of harm, even death, to others that we love, as well as ourselves? And the answer is yes, it may. This was certainly the case with David’s sin of adultery and murder with Bathsheba and her husband. Nathan the prophet said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin” (2 Samuel 12:13). And then the next thing, “Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord” — and surely that is what pornography is — “the child who is born to you shall die” (2 Samuel 12:14).
http://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/di...iscarriage
Remember, if miscarriage happens to a married couple: they're being tested. If miscarriage happens to a non-married couple: they're being punished. Same theory works for everything from diseases to earthquakes or asteroids. In short, God's a vindictive dickhead who treats humanity like toys.
https://soundcloud.com/askpastorjohn/did...pisode-963
May that discipline come in the form of harm, even death, to others that we love, as well as ourselves? And the answer is yes, it may. This was certainly the case with David’s sin of adultery and murder with Bathsheba and her husband. Nathan the prophet said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin” (2 Samuel 12:13). And then the next thing, “Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord” — and surely that is what pornography is — “the child who is born to you shall die” (2 Samuel 12:14).
http://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/di...iscarriage
Remember, if miscarriage happens to a married couple: they're being tested. If miscarriage happens to a non-married couple: they're being punished. Same theory works for everything from diseases to earthquakes or asteroids. In short, God's a vindictive dickhead who treats humanity like toys.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"