(August 12, 2015 at 4:20 pm)Shuffle Wrote: Then why wouldn't Christians go around and kill children? Put them out of their misery and get rid of the possibility they would sin later in life and end up in hell.Some immature Christians might do just that, and that's likely why the doctrine isn't given with more certainty. For me, and I daresay most Christians who hold to this doctrine, we don't do that because God doesn't want us to. As noted earlier, I worship god because of the good things he's done for me, including giving me children. I accordingly respond by trying to obey him...not by trying to get around his will on a technicality.
I'm not big on the personal relationship jargon, as it isn't expressly in the Bible and I think it gets too much play and has become somewhat trite. But, there is truth to it. You guys don't see the relationship, you just see rules and formulas.
