(December 17, 2015 at 3:34 pm)Lek Wrote:(December 17, 2015 at 2:51 pm)Brian37 Wrote: The Jesus character when you consider he is also God in human form, means you cannot separate him from the OT or end times God......... The middle of the book where he is less of a dick, is just like when a spouse beats the shit out of their partner, then buys them flowers and tells them they are sorry, then goes right back to beating the shit out of them again.You're right that you can't separate Jesus from the Old Testament God or the end times God. In fact, he is the person of the Trinity who is coming back at the end to judge the world. The bible says that God is full of wrath; and that wrath will be poured out against evil. Of course when evil is destroyed forever, we'll all be restored to humanity's original state before sin, and will live with him in peace. We take our hits for sinning but, because of God's love for us we will live in peace for eternity.
Just the demand to leave your family and friends and co workers if they don't follow Jesus as he commands in in the NT is a form of mental abuse and blackmail. Nobody has the right to tell me who to associate with. That demand alone takes away my own autonomy and decision making.
Nope sorry, tell me why I should value a game set up without my consent on a planet full of disease and natural disaster and crime and war, and expect to be thankful for a crappy home only to become an ass kisser for eternity or be tortured forever? If a parent in the west behaved in the same selective neglectful deadbeat manor helping 1 but not all their 3 kids, left them in a house full of broken glass, cockroaches , ecoli and stuck knives in their hands and the parent says "Last one standing gets to go to live in a giant mansion with me" that parent would be arrested or thrown in prison.
And who is we? You mean if others don't kiss the fictional ass of the sky wizard you claim is real? Yea, Muslims think their Allah will vanquish evil too and all those who support and defend him will get into their cosmic Candyland too. Yep your god character is wrathful, but not like Judge Judy, more like Genghis Khan. Justice isn't about revenge, it isn't like Luke Sky Walker vs Darh Vader. It isn't Superman vs Lex Luther. But from the begining of that bronze age comic book to the end of it, it reads exactly like a comic book super hero verses a super villain.
Why all the drama? If he is all powerful, and didn't have to allow for "sin" then who is to blame for setting up the game? If you want to worship a bloodthirsty sky tyrant whose end goal is to torture everyone who doesn't kiss his ass, you can, but I refuse. I refuse simply because no such character exists, but even as a work of fiction your head boss isn't the nice guy you want to paint him out to be. Just like Kim Jong Un is nice to those loyal to him, but step out of line, bye bye.
