RE: CHISTIANS PLEASE EXPLAIN
January 21, 2014 at 8:23 am
(This post was last modified: January 21, 2014 at 8:27 am by Brakeman.)
(January 21, 2014 at 2:48 am)Esquilax Wrote: Also, let's say I literally called out to the man from across the street and teased him, actively antagonized him: would he then be justified in stabbing me? Is there any action I could perform, save a similar act of violence, for which he would be justified in stabbing me?
If no, is there any act I could perform against god, bar literally throwing him into hell, for which he would be justified in performing such violence against me, a person who's never even interacted with him?
Actually, the comparison isn't sufficient, a neighbor of yours is a competitor to you, he competes for scarce resources and actually benefits in some ways from your demise, (maybe he wants your wife?), but god doesn't.
God is claimed to love us, even as his children. so the more apt comparison would be "is there any act of non-worship that doesn't involve any impossible violence, that would compel a good loving parent to stab their skeptical children?"
Unless..
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/19/justice/ma...sm-deaths/
"A Maryland mother stabbed two of her children to death and wounded two others while attempting an exorcism, authorities said.
Zakieya L. Avery, 28, was charged Saturday with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder, Montgomery County Police said in a statement.
A second woman, who was briefly hospitalized after the incident, was also charged in the two deaths. Police believe she is not related to the family, but lived at the same residence in Germantown.
Norell Harris, 1, and his sister, Zyana Harris, 2, suffered fatal stab wounds while their siblings, ages 5 and 8, were hospitalized with injuries, authorities said."
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