RE: Is the universe God?
February 8, 2014 at 7:46 am
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2014 at 7:52 am by Sword of Christ.)
(February 8, 2014 at 2:28 am)Esquilax Wrote: Jesus "slaves obey your masters" Christ?
Jesus himself never said that but that aside I would be interested to know why you believe slavery is wrong and why we don't still have a slave trade. I'd suggest you may have been morally and ethically influenced by something there. You don't get this kind of thing from "science".
Quote: Jesus Christ, who makes a whip in order to intimidate and beat the moneylenders? That guy?
They were people using God as an excuse to make some money on the side, so he kicked their ass out of there, you should approve of this.
Quote:Moreover, why aren't you taking god as your example? Is it because all the calls to genocide and slavery don't make your point for you as well as you'd like?
Jesus and God are one and the same so I am using God as my example, it's quite handy to have the two in one like that. The Jewish prophets may have "gone too far in a few places" in their depiction/interpretation of God.
Not that the God of the Old Testament is all wrath and judgement there's a different side to his character represented as well and an overall message that is perfect compatible with the gospels.
Quote:How do you contain these inconsistencies in your head?
If you understand that Jesus is God in some way, fully God and fully man, that resolves the issue. Everyone like Jesus even the atheists have some respect for him as a moral teacher. So morality for atheists is "whatever you want it to be" but still.
Come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant.
