(March 11, 2016 at 9:44 pm)Tiberius Wrote:(March 11, 2016 at 8:30 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Your parents are doing this because they ultimately see it as being in your best interest, and they, being your parents, have both the liberty and the duty to decide for you in those cases. Not so with God. I am not God's child and his interests are not my own.
According to Christian doctrine, you are God's child and he is very much concerned about your interests. That's why the analogy works.
If you believe one doctrine, then this other doctrine works. If you believe in this other doctrine, then you may believe it when they tell you that relics of Jesus and the saints have healing powers. If you'd like to buy some toenail clippings from Christ, just pm me /s.
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