RE: General questions about the Christian idea of God and love
September 16, 2014 at 3:42 pm
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2014 at 3:47 pm by Mudhammam.)
(September 16, 2014 at 3:00 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Even the religious bigotry you cite is not a result of religious teaching but of human failing.
Except that we both know the most cherished religious texts of Christians, Muslims, and Jews are littered with passages encouraging xenophoia and bigotry. Drich even says God is so petty that he hates people for their contrary beliefs (or lack thereof). And unlike so-called scientific "truths" that have been revised (which is already saying a lot about its superiority as a method), deep-seeded disagreement i.e. the very idea of revising any text alleged to be God's word--on the basis of faith--is itself considered blasphemous.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza