(June 29, 2016 at 10:05 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Option 2....to give humanity moral guidance....isn't compatible with free will? Well wtf was jesus doing then..appearing to people and doling out little gems? You have what has got to be the most pothole ridden idea of christian apologism I've ever encountered. It doesn't even make it past the cursory glance, which is the entire point of apologism.
Your god could appear to me, right now...and I wouldn't give a shit, it won't change my mind on his message. Free will my ass, slaver.
You do selectively read things don't you?
"Option 2. is give humanity moral guidance. How best to do this? Lots of ways - he could simply appear to each human being, or to whole groups at a time, and clearly explain the world and what is good and bad." No matter how you slice that sentence, that is God personally appearing to everyone.
You would be the exception.
