(March 1, 2014 at 5:16 pm)Drich Wrote: But that's just it. Not all of humanity are The children of God. Christ likened us 'Christians' to a field of wheat, and everyone else as 'weeds' the field owner's enemy planted. God offers boundless love to His children. How is this any different than what we do? If a neighbors kids harassed and beat your children would you love those kids as your own? Why would God?
God is supposed to be capable of more love than I am. Why must you always justify your god's actions by the actions of supposedly lesser and simpler beings?
Would I love those kids as my own? No. Should we expect better out of a 'perfect' god? Absolutely. You, on the other hand, hold humanity to higher expectations than you do your god.
Quote:But you haven't have you? You have forgiven one or two instances. Sin (any sin) to God is like the betrayal of adultery to us. If each sin is like your wife cheating one you how many times would you think you could simply look the other way?
I could certainly view any transgression against me as ULTIMATE AND ETERNAL and vow to punish everyone who does it as often and as intensely as I can, but my capacity for forgiveness is superior to your god's, because I choose not to.
Your god could shrug off the worst sins as if they were nothing. Fuck him if he doesn't. If he didn't want sin, he should have made better people, or no people at all.
