(January 6, 2012 at 11:56 am)Godschild Wrote:(January 6, 2012 at 6:49 am)Faith No More Wrote:godschild Wrote:I hope this makes sense, the flood was a way in which God tried to get man set back on a right path but, as we know from the story that did not work either, God knew this would be the case but...
Wait...what? God killed nearly everyone on this planet to cleanse it knowing full well it wouldn't work?
You need to be able to understand why God loves his creation.
So if I understand how god loves his creation, it will make me understand why he had to slaughter them? The mental gymnastics you are partaking in is quite impressive.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell