RE: Why I'm Still a Christian
March 5, 2015 at 5:29 pm
(This post was last modified: March 5, 2015 at 5:33 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(March 5, 2015 at 4:34 pm)Lek Wrote:(March 5, 2015 at 2:50 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: And you never answered my request to justify Auschwitz, Cambodia, et al.
Those situations are unjustifiable. Those situations came about because people lived for their own selfishness, rather than by the the principles that Jesus gave us to live by. If everyone would have followed Christ's teachings for us, these things would never have occurred. You don't like the way he set it up, but he can't give us the right to make our own choices without allowing us not to do so also. Is it not the fault of human beings, who have the power to alleviate this, that children are starving or innocent people are being tortured and executed? Do we have no guilt in the matter?
You're deflecting. You claimed that suffering is justifiable, now you're claiming the contrary, and asking me an irrelevant question.
And you know, you didn't answer the other examples I asked after, such as leukemia. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that you cannot blame men in those cases.
Power brings with it responsibility, in direct proportion to the power wielded.
And in arguing free will, you're ignoring the theological existence of Hell. A choice made under duress is no more a free choice than you giving your money to an armed robber is a donation.
