(March 11, 2016 at 9:53 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Here's another analogy. God has given a child a butterknife, pointed out an electrical socket, and said, "Don't put that knife in that hole." But then, because he loves the child so much, he doesn't bother covering it or stopping the kid when he's about to put the knife in the socket, because-- you know-- the kid has to be free to act on his own.
I'm not sure I agree with your analogy. God has given plenty of warnings and advice in the Bible to prevent people from doing immoral acts; that's the cover you speak of. Whether you listen to the warnings or not is up to you.
Quote:But the difference between God and any other parent is that after the kid sticks the knife in the socket and dies, God will burn him in hellfire for all eternity, cuz if you don't torture him forever and ever until the end of time, he won't learn nuthin'.
That depends on whether the child has reached the age of reason. If they have not, then they are unable to commit sins in the eyes of God, and so are allowed into Heaven. Likewise, if a child has reached the age of reason but has confessed, they would go to Heaven also.
Quote:Yep. Sounds pretty moral to me.
By your subjective standards of morality perhaps it doesn't, but by God's standard it is.
