(June 16, 2016 at 9:33 am)Thomas Kelly252525 Wrote:(June 16, 2016 at 9:11 am)Chad32 Wrote: I've noticed you trying to use a war analogy. The problem is that there's supposedly this omnipotent being that could solve the problem any way he wants, but prefers bloodshed and war. If this is how things are going, then it can only be because Yahweh prefers it this way. Which is why many accuse him of being evil, stupid, apathetic, or all of the above.
Chad32,
How do you think Christians can love their enemies, become better people and people grow up/become better people by learning how to protect other people around them if god intervenes every time something evil happens ?
You may think of it as intervention through non-intervention.
The same way everyone else does it. People like to compare him to a parent. A parent's job is to protect and raise their child, so they can one day become independent of the parent. If you care about someone, you will protect them to the best of their abilities. Especially from things that are not the direct result of their own choices. Instead, your god allows whatever happens to happen, and it's a sin to make an effort to become an independent person.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html