(April 13, 2010 at 10:28 am)Gilligan Wrote: What is so hard to understand that God must punish sin?
Okay. Please explain the "sin" committed by the babies and toddlers who were drowned in the flood of Noah.
Quote: God does not want anyone (including nonbelievers) to perish.
And yet, children die from cancer every day.
Quote: Would a "bastard" (your word, not mine) provide a way to avoid so easily this fate? That is why He sent Jesus to pay for our sins on the cross.
This makes absolutely NO SENSE whatsoever. Why would you let someone else take the punishment for YOUR wrongdoing?
Quote:Didn't you get spankings as a child when you did wrong? Don't we put criminals in prison?
Do we drown babies?
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?