RE: Dilemma for theists!
May 2, 2012 at 1:05 am
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2012 at 1:08 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Meh, I won't accept magic as an excuse. I also have to mention that in no way could the crucifixion scene be a sacrifice of gods will. It was gods will that determined it would happen, gods will that drove the magic machine.
It just another scapegoating narrative in a long line of scapegoating narratives. Juvenile attempts by regretful people to absolve themselves of whatever ate at them whilst simultaneously doing nothing to achieve absolution.
If it were magic (and magic did exist) and god (and god did exist) did sacrifice it's will (and it had one)...it would still be distgusting to me. I've explained this (and why) at length. I don't think I'm being unreasonable in all of this, as I've mentioned, my bar is pretty low for "goodness" and "decency". All you've done is thrown your hands in the air.
"Bad news for Jesus, good news for me. Whats done is done, I wouldn't do it, but since it's already been done. It totally works, no really, it does..." That shit doesn't work for me C. It really does sound pretty fucking horrible. That couldn't be a part of any god or religion I had confidence in. It's like asking me to "accept" evil, honestly. I refuse.
It just another scapegoating narrative in a long line of scapegoating narratives. Juvenile attempts by regretful people to absolve themselves of whatever ate at them whilst simultaneously doing nothing to achieve absolution.
If it were magic (and magic did exist) and god (and god did exist) did sacrifice it's will (and it had one)...it would still be distgusting to me. I've explained this (and why) at length. I don't think I'm being unreasonable in all of this, as I've mentioned, my bar is pretty low for "goodness" and "decency". All you've done is thrown your hands in the air.
"Bad news for Jesus, good news for me. Whats done is done, I wouldn't do it, but since it's already been done. It totally works, no really, it does..." That shit doesn't work for me C. It really does sound pretty fucking horrible. That couldn't be a part of any god or religion I had confidence in. It's like asking me to "accept" evil, honestly. I refuse.
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