(August 26, 2015 at 9:33 am)Whateverist the White Wrote:(March 24, 2015 at 4:47 pm)Rekeisha Wrote: As a Christian I think it is very dangerous to pick and choose from the bible because, you are correct Mental Outlaw, the New Testament is dependent upon the Old Testament and God hasn't changed from one testament to the other. I would like to ask all of you a question. Do you not pick and choose as an atheist? You say God is evil but where are you getting your standard for what is evil? I can say something is evil because I have an absolute standard on what I base evil off of which is God and what He says about himself. So where are you getting you standard of evil from?
So this is why the thread with the unappealing title has been on the charts for like forever. Wow, have you truly always and only ever posted on just this one thread? Funny how certain posters -lil' Rik comes to mind- prefer to do all their business on just one thread.
But I completely agree with you about picking and choosing. I mean, why the bible? Personally though I don't say God is evil even though the entity that goes by that name in the old testament certainly seems to be played that way. No, for me, the problem with God is the incoherence. What the hell is a god?
That would take an eternity to answer. So God is a being that is beyond time that created everything for His glory. He has no evil in Him He is holy and created people to be holy and to love him. We failed at that so by his grace and mercy He paid the penalty for our sins on the cross to that we could be put back into right relationship with him and continue to spread the glory of God.
I have been reading a little bit on why some people see God as incoherent or a contradiction but I would like to know why you think this is so.
