Christian Paradox

[Ace Otana]

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what God expects of us and the consequences of failure to meet the expectations.

Sounds very much like human behaviour which is something you wouldn't really see from a so-called "perfect being". God sounds like a dictator all ready. Too human.

He has also revealed to us that we, ourselves, fail to live up to God's standard

That's probably because we've grown up. Your....(cough)....umm gods standards seem to unreasonable and how should I put this?.....Too stupid for us to follow.

If we trust in Jesus and what He did, then we do not have to pay the price ourselves).

Huh? Price? Last time I checked I don't owe anyone. Oh wait you're talking about the sin thing. That thing that I am some how responsible for long before I was born. Right I got ya now.

So God reveals all of this to you and you do not take advantage of the solution.

Nope. YOU reveal all of this bollocks. I have yet to see this god reveal anything.

The one who set up the rules and has the authority to do so

Oh so god made these rules. All this time I thought it was you nut jobs. Well then, god is a total dick and I'd rather burn than worship such a villain. Anyway, so far this god of yours seems very human like in character/behaviour. I smell something fishy. I dunno, his behaviour resembles more that of a human than of a supreme being.

the one who hears and knows what the rules are and fails to follow them?

Not following a rule is often a smart thing. If a rule was made that you had to pluck your eye out would you? Your....um I mean....GODS rules are too strange and most unreasonable. I don't like dictators.
"If your people do not follow the rules you laid out, then maybe it's you who is in the wrong". Rules only make sense when they are made through reason. To send someone to hell for lack of belief is totaly without reason. What harm is done to anyone who lacks belief in such a human like god?