RE: Parts of the Bible theists on this board ignore
June 5, 2014 at 7:44 pm
(This post was last modified: June 5, 2014 at 7:45 pm by Rampant.A.I..)
(June 5, 2014 at 7:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: There's also the bit in 2 Thessalonians (can't be arsed to look up chapter and verse at the moment) which says, 'And for this reason, God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.'
Well, if God is willing to delude people into believing lies, then why should we trust anything that his followers say he says?
Boru
There was a guest on TTA who quoted this, and asked since Abraham was deliberately deceived, with God already knowing the outcome, and the extent of Abraham's faith, why would he ask Abraham to sacrifice his son as a "test of faith" other than a willingness to deceive?
And given that, how can anyone trust anything God says? If you have children, and they have a beloved family pet that dies, what do you tell them?
"Don't worry, honey, he's going to a better place." You know for a fact there is no "Puppy Heaven" or "Hamster Heaven" or a "Goldfish Heaven" in the bible, so you just lied to protect your child.
How can anyone trust God isn't doing the same with the afterlife?
