(April 28, 2013 at 10:03 pm)Darkstar Wrote:(April 28, 2013 at 9:52 pm)Venom7513 Wrote: To put it plainly, either no omnipotent, omnibenevolent god exists, or it is wrong to inhibit another from evil. Both are absurd in light of Biblical Christianity.
Actually, the first is not. Biblical Christianity (especially the OT) does not portray god as omnibenevolent.
Holy crap i almost fell out of my Chair! Wow i guess at least some of what I have said has stuck.. Even if it wasn't my words specifically your are pointed in the right direction.
That said you can also expand the God of the Nt as not being 'omni benevolent' through the vengence and wrath being poured out on the last generation of revelations. Not to mention what Christ says about the unrepentant sinners.
For the God of the OT and Nt are the Same God, the only thing that has changes is we now have a buffer between us and God's wrath. That buffer according to the book of Revelation has an experation date meaning it is not infinate. Once the cup of man's iniquity is full God's wrath will rain down upon this world one final time.
