RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
November 22, 2017 at 1:28 pm
(This post was last modified: November 22, 2017 at 1:36 pm by speedyj1992.)
(November 22, 2017 at 6:25 am)Grandizer Wrote:(November 22, 2017 at 1:43 am)speedyj1992 Wrote: Some of what you said is somewhat vague in nature, so I'm not sure what you're referring to. In response to what I can tell you ARE referring to:
Noah's flood - from reading Genesis, you can tell that the world was in just the worst place its ever been in. God was under no obligation to let things keep going - I imagine you have a sense of justice, which is great. But God has more mercy than anyone, than EVERYONE, so the flood was done for the purposes of cleansing the world, and notice that the world still goes on today because it wasn't an end. "Every living creature" implies an end that neither of us believe happened, esp. since 2 of every kind went on the ark.
The bears and the youths - What's presented in the Bible in that section is that the youths who make fun of Elijah aren't just your ordinary kids, but actual gang members who were a plague on the city at the time. So they're not as innocent as most people see them as.
Inciting wars - same idea as Noah's ark, except God gave nations chances to turn away from their evil ways repeatedly, and they never did. He just chose to bring about justice through other nations, showing dominion over the hearts of men.
If you want to hear me address your other points, please be a little more specific as to what you're referring to.
Do you hear yourself talk sometimes, dude? God has more mercy than any one of us, so he drowns to death almost all living things on earth, including children? You think you can just spout this crap and pretend you're not insulting anyone's intelligence? My goodness ...
No, I actually think you guys are quite smart, but my point is the way Genesis describes how ALL the earth was just at its lowest point. Literally NO ONE except Noah and his family were good. Any of us, if we created something beautiful that turned on us and completely corrupted our original design, would destroy it. God, being infinitely holy, has a very different sense of what corruption looks like, but the corruption and awfulness in Genesis right before the flood makes out a world that was as bad as possible. Think of the most disgusting stuff people can do, and imagine EVERYONE doing those things, ALL THE TIME. Wouldn't you just be done with the whole thing? Doesn't God seem more merciful, actually wanting to wipe the slate clean despite having ZERO obligation to do so?
On a completely unrelated note, I know we obviously have our disagreements, but I hope you guys all have lovely Thanksgivings with your families and/or friends wherever you may be.
I accidentally added this at the end of another post, BUT I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving with family and/or loved ones.
