RE: Why I'm Still a Christian
March 6, 2015 at 1:25 pm
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2015 at 1:35 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 6, 2015 at 12:47 pm)Lek Wrote: Actually, God didn't have to wipe out those cities to be a monster. If he hadn't killed them then, he would have killed them later, maybe by some horrible long-lasting disease, rather than a quick death by nature or by the sword. He's no more a monster to them than he is to babies that he allows to suffer today, and to every person who has ever lived and died. He could have made us all immortal, but the monster made us have to suffer and die before that happens. (For all of you who don't get it, I don't really believe he's a monster.)
Why did he have to kill them at all? Why not just have them become instantly non-existent? Still pretty monstrous behavior, but much more humane than having his 'chosen people' slaughter them, don't you think?
Do me a favor. In your above quoted post, substitute the name 'Kim Jung Un' or 'Hitler' in place of 'God', then read it to yourself. Does the behavior you attribute to your god now sound monstrous to you?
Quote: (For all of you who don't get it, I don't really believe he's a monster.)
We know you don't. And that is truly sad.
You have sacrificed your morality to justify the horrible actions attributed to your god in the Bible.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
