(June 13, 2010 at 12:13 pm)Caecilian Wrote:Self examination is always preferable to assuming delusion. Me and EvF got into a discussion on this. Question: If something extraordinary happens to you or you observe something extraordinary is your first assumption that a) it's not real until you can identify it's cause or b) It's real until you can disprove it being extraordinary?
I don't agree with your analogy and here's why:
a) OK, yes we'll agree that God created eternal torment by design just as Hitler created the Nazi death machine
b) You're still presuming that God wants you in the death camp as Hitler did.
c) You're negating any direct killings Hitler has done , which I'm sure is his fare share
d) God doesn't set the policy or the "right ideology". God didn't ask man to make the Bible, we did that on our own, therefore mankind set our own policy based off of our perception of his intentions (which was later shown to be incorrect).
e) I also don't believe God would approve of the allocation of our resources towards war and espousing hatred.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari