RE: On Moral Authorities
November 17, 2016 at 2:16 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2016 at 2:17 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 17, 2016 at 2:12 pm)theologian Wrote: Marcion was not an atheist, as he believed in the God of the New Testaments.Gee...you don't saaaay
Just trying to cover all your bases for you Theo. You're welcome.
Quote:Of course, the historicity of the Old Testament I've not denied, but we must consider the pedagogy of God, of giving importance to justice in the Old Testament, so that afterwards the Lord Jesus, in taking justice for us, can show and make mercy understandable, as what is to be merciful upon without offense against justice? It's like learning algebra and analytic geometry first before trying to learn calculus.Pedagogy, lol, you know dead people don't learn anything, right. Killing a person doesn;t teach them a lesson, it just makes them dead. The only lesson it teaches observers is that your the kind of guy that would..you know, kill a person?
Mercy, justice? Are you referring to the ritual slaughter of a jew as atonement for the sins of others? I definitely didn't need to be shown that to understand either, and frankly....that little bit of business is only a useful lesson in what -not- to do. Some god, some mercy, some justice.
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