RE: Plantinga's "Free Will" defense contradicts Christianity
February 7, 2020 at 6:27 am
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2020 at 6:34 am by Fake Messiah.)
(February 7, 2020 at 2:54 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: Are you sure? I find that although the bible does view death in general as the result of sin, it tends to discourage viewing natural disasters, sicknesses, or tragedies as punishment for sin.
And then the quote from the Bible
(February 7, 2020 at 2:54 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish” (ESV, Luke 13:1-5).
I think you answered it yourself.
And indeed, that's why we still have prominent Christian voices blaming gays, atheists, non-Christians on earthquakes, floods, fires, and whatnot.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
