@The Grand Nudger to answer your questions..
I have personally experienced problems understanding why God allows infants to be born with catastrophic issues, and that families have to struggle with the fears of losing them and years of standing on the precipice. I'm certain there are other similar issues,but none come to mind right off the bat like this one. To phrase it as you put it I have a problem with a good God being Love and wanting people to love each other would need to create evil, but I do believe He does need evil and does want people to love each other.
As we're moving into societal conversations we currently do assert that some better person's sacrifice addresses the misdeeds of others. That "better" person isn't usually morally better, just wealthier and more influential. I believer society has intrinsically twisted what "better" is and is formed in a way that speeds that corruption along the parejto distribution to extremes. I would like to see a society where the "best" are servants of the people and regularly promote unity through sacrifice. I would like to see personal accountability and repentance as qualifiers, as much, if not more than need.
I take it we'll be moving into personal accountability vs redemptive sacrifice territory now?
I have personally experienced problems understanding why God allows infants to be born with catastrophic issues, and that families have to struggle with the fears of losing them and years of standing on the precipice. I'm certain there are other similar issues,but none come to mind right off the bat like this one. To phrase it as you put it I have a problem with a good God being Love and wanting people to love each other would need to create evil, but I do believe He does need evil and does want people to love each other.
As we're moving into societal conversations we currently do assert that some better person's sacrifice addresses the misdeeds of others. That "better" person isn't usually morally better, just wealthier and more influential. I believer society has intrinsically twisted what "better" is and is formed in a way that speeds that corruption along the parejto distribution to extremes. I would like to see a society where the "best" are servants of the people and regularly promote unity through sacrifice. I would like to see personal accountability and repentance as qualifiers, as much, if not more than need.
I take it we'll be moving into personal accountability vs redemptive sacrifice territory now?
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
