CHISTIANS PLEASE EXPLAIN

[Esquilax]

I do not quite know what you mean by “harming”. It seems to me that if you have made a choice, and being warned of the consequences prior to the effects, you are not being “harmed”, but receive that which you have knowingly made a choice for.

You are walking home, when a man stops you in the street, brandishing a knife. He tells you to hand over your wallet, or he is going to stab you. If you refuse to surrender your wallet and give in to the unfair choice foisted upon you by this additional party, is the man justified in stabbing you to death?

You get in your car to drive, and end up crashing, rolling into a ditch. Is the rescue crew justified in leaving you there, after admonishing you that you knew this was a risk of driving, and yet knowingly did so anyway?

Or do we recognize, in the former case, that choices demanded of us outside of our control are not ones that we make freely? And do we recognize, in the latter case, that making that choice and reaching a bad end does not absolve others of the morality of helping?

I find it curious that you attribute every good act of charity and aid to your god, yet you aren't surprised when he never lifts a finger to do any himself.