(January 5, 2015 at 4:23 pm)Drich Wrote:(January 5, 2015 at 4:16 pm)abaris Wrote: On a side note, it's remarkable how you discard the OT when it becomes inconvenient and present it when it suits your needs. Adam and Eve are part of the OT after all.
But that's not the issue here. The issue, as always is the claim of an omniscient god, which pretty much rules out choice in any shape and form. Menkind can do what they want, god - to take a page from your book - knew what every single one of them would do before he even grabbed his first hand of mud. So there is no choice involved, since an omniscient god can't be surprised.
I have not discarded anything. Everything has it's place. The OT is very useful as a means to build a picture of God and the relationship He wanted with Man. It also shows us a pattern of behaivor in His long term relationship with the Jews, that gets reflected in our very own lives.
What the OT is not good for? providing social and cermonial/worship law to Christians. Why? because the book of acts forward cuts the social and cermonial laws out of our worship. While Jesus and the gospels maintain the 'moral' law.
(January 5, 2015 at 4:20 pm)dyresand Wrote: wouldn't you kind of get pissed too if god constantly was testing you...?No.
Would you be mad or even remotely pissed off with god had a bet with the devil and it ended up with your family killed or hurt?
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