(June 5, 2013 at 1:46 pm)Rhythm Wrote: This is precisely the reason that all of your analogies about parents -including this one (that I snipped out for brevity)- fail to maintain their integrity with me. The parent does not demand the child love them on the parents own terms.....nor does the parent demand that the child accept their love in whatever way the parent deems appropriate. Nor would the parent punish the child for failing to adhere to either of those two arrangements above. I find it more than a little bit horrific that you can equate being drenched in the blood of another -for your own inequity- as love, or salvation. Understand?
I'll repeat -If the blood of christ could "save" me...I'd rather not be saved. It sounds, to me, like the blood of christ is more appropriately damnation- condemnation for having willingly accepted - and perhaps even praised- the act of scapegoating- as a means to heal your very soul.
"It sounds to me"...
Couldn't I just say the same? Christ, [It sounds to me] is the perfect way to save my soul.
You in turn, haven't explained why this wouldn't be the best way for [a] God to show His love for us? Just that it; "sounds like scapegoating".
I gave you [my personal logical] explanations...which frankly means nothing to you. As a public forum Atheist... I don't blame you for not admitting sounds logical.
The only positive thing that you've said is that; "you acknowledge my personal experience". And I've confirmed that I'm not here to save you, or bring you to God."....
So, we are at a crossroads..... as to what's the point of me sharing my experiences? Only to be shot down constantly, just for no other reason but sharing? We're just talking...and unemtionally on my part I might add.
As I mentioned previously, the brain uses deduction, the spirit (ghosts!) addition.
In a nutshell? You aren't interested in adding anything to your thinking, and I'm not interested in subtracting a thing from my beliefs!
So the score will always be ZERO...unless one of us concedes.
Quis ut Deus?
