(April 9, 2017 at 10:25 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(April 8, 2017 at 8:22 pm)Gimple Wrote: "Why hasn't Jesus returned yet? Doesn't he care about saving as many people as possible?"
As far as I know, Christianity is shrinking. The youth are abandoning the church at an exceedingly rapid rate. So the logic goes, wouldn't Jesus save more people and prevent more people from going to hell the sooner he returned?
Have you ever brought this up with a Christian? If so, how did they respond?
I am sure plenty have a have.
It seems a waste of time if one is going to argue an all powerful God.
Saying that Jesus will return smacks more like a kid playing an X Box who keeps hitting reset. If you got it right the first time there would be no need for a follow up.
The entire bible reads like a bratty kid who can't get his X Box to do what he wants.
Level 1. Kid "Cant get the Garden characters do to do what I want, fuck them"
Level 2. RESET Kid, "Cant get my Hebrew characters to follow me, fuck them, FLOOD!"
Level 3. RESET Kid "Maybe if I fake my own suicide I can trick my own players into following me?"
Level 4. RESET, Kid, " I give these assholes a garden, then give them a gang after the first two cant live up, kill off all the competition in a flood, they still don't follow me, I commit a fake suicide to convince them I love them, but now fuck it, just smash the game console and leave the party".
Level 5. RESET:
OK, you humans can do ANYTHING you want, just say you believe and ALL is forgiven. Drill holes in babies skulls and literally fuck their brains out, just keep in mind the sacrifice of my only begotten Son while you are doing it, and I AM SATISFIED, and you will earn your ETERNAL REWARD OF SALVATION IN HEAVEN !!!!
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.