(August 9, 2018 at 7:21 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: -9 year old child dies of cancer-
RESPONSE: "The Lord works in mysterious ways; we lowly mortals will never understand his reasons."
-Some stuff in the Bible might not be true-
RESPONSE: "The Lord isn't that mysterious. I mean, God might kill a few kids here and there, but he isn't the kind of monster who publishes an inaccurate biography."
God Himself says some of the stuff in the Bible isn't true. Several times in fact. Unfortunately he did not leave a list of the bad shit.
1 Kings 22 (KJV)
23 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.
2 Chronicles 18 (KJV)
22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.
Jeremiah 4 (KJV)
10 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
Ezekiel 14 (KJV)
9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
Ezekiel 20 (KJV)
25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.