RE: The Problem of Evil, Christians, and Inconsistency
August 28, 2014 at 9:11 pm
(This post was last modified: August 28, 2014 at 9:14 pm by Drich.)
(August 28, 2014 at 2:02 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Drich, I'll concede that my argument only applies to the absolutist deity and not a finite one; but that IS the deity most Christians, catholic and protestant, theologian and laymen, seem to confess belief in, and that anything less is not worthy of the name.Mt7:
13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Those who do not seek the God outlined and described in the bible, follow the easy path out lined by religion. If and when a religious description seperated itself or even speaks about God where the bible does not, that religious description ceases to be about the God of the bible.
The problem with those who follow denominational Christian religions have, is in each version there are instances and explainations/rules that are not included in scripture.
The religion speaks where the bible is silent or the religion is silent where the bible speaks in an effort to preserve a given religion's doctrine.
These rules all have to relate back to God somehow. With so little actually said about God this leaves much, some times too much room for personal freedoms. Freedoms denominational churches tend to want to regulate. So they close off these freedoms by inventing rules that have to be supported by traditional beliefs, rather than biblical ones. At that point that religious expression of Christianity uses religion (efforts of man) to describe God. which again is much easier to do, rather than change one self to adapt and match the God we find in the bible.
Do you see how easily you can dismantle the god of 'many' with elementary school level logic? Do you think a truly all powerful God could be taken down by a simple paradox?
I don't blame you for trying to dismiss the idea of a deity, and sticking with what you know, what you know you can conquer. However if and when you want to challenge the God that is described in scripture, rather than man's remedial version of Him, I would be happy to walk you through what the bible actually says.
(August 28, 2014 at 5:53 pm)ignoramus Wrote: So basically, we are tested in this life. It's meant to be hard and sad. But it'll all be worth it in the next so please don't rock the boat.
Now get back to your lousy job for minimum pay and conditions so the Vatican can get richer and richer because that is the word of god!
How can people be so gullible...
The Vatican gets richer because people do not read their bibles and resolve the contradiction they find in scripture as Martin Luther did.
