RE: Punishing God vs Forbearing/Merciful God
March 10, 2012 at 2:00 pm
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2012 at 2:02 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The third also seems an odd profession, but it does seem like this is the only likely profession for any god that might exist undetected, who has never been shown to punish anyone.
Heres the thing mystic, I (like most of us, I'd be willing to wager) want to see "evil" punished, but I know better than to decide that my definition of evil is absolute, that who I think is evil or should be punished actually should, at least beyond the realm of my own imaginings. This is why it's difficult for me to have an opinion on the matter, the question and each of the answers are complete non-starters to me.
Heres the thing mystic, I (like most of us, I'd be willing to wager) want to see "evil" punished, but I know better than to decide that my definition of evil is absolute, that who I think is evil or should be punished actually should, at least beyond the realm of my own imaginings. This is why it's difficult for me to have an opinion on the matter, the question and each of the answers are complete non-starters to me.
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