RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
August 2, 2013 at 4:07 pm
(This post was last modified: August 2, 2013 at 4:08 pm by Undeceived.)
(August 2, 2013 at 2:15 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote:(August 2, 2013 at 1:58 pm)Undeceived Wrote: Was Pharaoh’s heart contrary to Pharaoh's will, or in accordance with it?
Contrary. Exodus makes that abundantly clear since Pharoah is about to let them go, but God keeps hardening his heart. Why are you arguing against this, exactly? Did I stutter when I first mentioned it?
You mean to say the heart is different from the will? How is it possible for my heart to cause me to do something I don't really want to do? God made Pharaoh the way he was, yes. But Pharaoh was also being himself. The two are not mutually exclusive. Is it not possible to be both within your own will and within God's?
(August 2, 2013 at 2:15 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: As for the Blood Sacrifice thing...either you're a fucking moron, or you've been duped by your own cherry picking. God requires blood sacrifice, hands down. Every time, all the time. What the hell did Zombie Christ die for then if not to satisfy God's need for Blood Sacrifice for all time and eternity?
The absolution of sins requires punishment for those sins. Jesus took our sins, and then the punishment--death. Blood sacrifice was a way of representing that future reality, and God took pleasure in his glory being revealed that way. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that God needs our sacrifices.
