(September 21, 2013 at 1:45 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(September 21, 2013 at 1:05 pm)gilbertc06 Wrote: Including genocide, slavery, and everything else? Yeah.
John still cant grasp the reality of the way the character is written.
As a literary device the "God" character reflected the feudal "divine right of kings". Kings are dictators just like Kim Jong Un. They will protect minions but kill all dissenters and those who doubt or question.
So the holy books reflected the tribalism of the time it was written.
God worked and works through history, He never intended to change it, He wanted man to, but we did not so He sent His Son into history to redeem man.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.


