(October 22, 2014 at 1:28 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: True but at least Hell has the attempt at a rationalization, however flimsy, that it is a form of punishment that we somehow deserve.
What struck me about his post is the flippant acknowledgement of a bloodthirsty god terrorizing people into submission, not only without any fig leaf of a flimsy rationalization but seemingly with a witness.
All I did was to agree that his actions have been terrifying, which they are. I can't read the old testament accounts without realizing that. I didn't call him "bloodthirsty" and I didn't say that he is unjust or unloving. How about him becoming man and and suffering death on the cross so that everyone who ever lived on the earth could have eternal happiness? Doesn't that portray a loving God?
