(May 6, 2019 at 1:14 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:You say the bible offer somthing better than a doctrine of legalism but do not to describe or refute any point I made as to how it is not better.(May 6, 2019 at 10:45 am)Brian37 Wrote: I have long since ditched this horrible logic theists sell.It's emotional extortion. Drippy's version of christinsanity is no better. It defeats their claim to moral superiority. They reject empathy as a grounds for moral behavior, but the god they created can offer them nothing better, so they come up with some chicken shit philosophy about grace.
"Obey me or burn in hell, your choice".
Yea, funny how no sane person would buy that from an abusive spouse if their partner wanted to leave them.
Robber, "Give me your wallet, and I'll let you live. But, choose to keep it, I'll kill you and take it anyway."
That is not a choice, that is emotional blackmail.
You don't seem to understand any of the foundational points I made but it seems you have blindly made up your mind you still don't like it anyway.
Again this is not an obey or die construct.
This is a come with me if you want to live situation. if not just stay where you are at and the zombie horde will be by shortly to consume you