RE: Why I'm Still a Christian
March 4, 2015 at 5:17 pm
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2015 at 5:18 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(March 4, 2015 at 4:09 pm)Lek Wrote:(March 4, 2015 at 1:50 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Pretty sure you missed my point, which was that you worship a god who dooms to death all humans who ever lived in history, for the "sin" of the first two.
I just use that word "apple" because it underlines exactly how ridiculous this entire story is.
He didn't doom us to death.
Actually, he did, if you read Genesis.
(March 4, 2015 at 4:09 pm)Lek Wrote: In fact he offers us all eternal life.
As Rob and others have noted, he offers us a crutch only after he kneecaps us ... and we're supposed to be grateful.
(March 4, 2015 at 4:09 pm)Lek Wrote: My faith doesn't try to justify evil, but rather condemns it.
Nonsense. Your faith, in particular, glorifies it in its holy book -- it sanctions rape, genocide, pillage, and even the torment of a faithful follower. Never mind that Job was a faithful believer -- he still got the shaft.
(March 4, 2015 at 4:09 pm)Lek Wrote: Christ commissioned us to avoid evil and to love and help our fellow human beings. If we would all do that we could eliminate a huge amount of the suffering that goes on in the world.
Yeah, it's a shame that he doesn't do anything more than cheerlead. I mean, what else could an omnipotent being do against evil?
