RE: Damned Catholics
January 28, 2011 at 5:08 pm
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2011 at 5:09 pm by dqualk.)
The story of the flood is meant to convey a deeper and more profound truth. The intent is not to get caught in the little details. The deeper and more profound truth is that are sins displease God and make us worthy of death. It is also meant to teach that even though God will punish man He will never entirely destroy them. Whether or not the flood happened is not so important. And whether God was the primary agent in the flood is not so important. God allowing things to go on in a contingent manner means that God allows things to go on naturally without supernaturally altering what would happen naturally. God ordinarily allows nature to unfold natuarally. Many of the stories of the Bible are myths that teach us a deeper and more profound truth.
I think it is funny that you would say when is drowing a child justifiable but all morality is subjective? Which means it is justifiable when the individual thinks it is within atheism. Within an objective system of morality one can logically conclude that God has power over life and death of all things for many justifiable reasons. For one thing He created us and gave us the gift of life, and that gift belongs to Him. He can take it whenever He wants. Further we are all under a covenant that says if we do not sin God will bless us, all of us sin, and yes all children will sin at some point. This means they broke their end of the bargain. God owes nobody anything, and this is a logically consistent and sensible statement. However, God out of His love for us sent His only Son to save the world from condemnation. And Christ paid the price so that sin can no longer keep us from heaven. Only our hard hateful hearts can keep us from Divine bliss.
Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
I think it is funny that you would say when is drowing a child justifiable but all morality is subjective? Which means it is justifiable when the individual thinks it is within atheism. Within an objective system of morality one can logically conclude that God has power over life and death of all things for many justifiable reasons. For one thing He created us and gave us the gift of life, and that gift belongs to Him. He can take it whenever He wants. Further we are all under a covenant that says if we do not sin God will bless us, all of us sin, and yes all children will sin at some point. This means they broke their end of the bargain. God owes nobody anything, and this is a logically consistent and sensible statement. However, God out of His love for us sent His only Son to save the world from condemnation. And Christ paid the price so that sin can no longer keep us from heaven. Only our hard hateful hearts can keep us from Divine bliss.
Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.