Why I'm Still a Christian

[h4ym4n]

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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?

(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.

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Bravo Simon.

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Why would an omniscient god entrust such a responsibility to man when it created man to be corrupt, sinful and evil?

god did have to kill off humans for being this way once. Then your omniscient god did it all over again with the same design.

Does that make sense to you Lek?

He didn't create mankind all over again. He allowed Noah and his family to survive and the race continued through his line. He didn't create us to be evil, but rather Adam chose to choose evil. Jesus came to us and redeemed us and through him we have the power to do right if we live by the spirit. So yes, it does make sense to me. He created this world for us to rule over its creatures and he's allowing us the freedom to do that.

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Lek, I like you, really. But please think this question thru,

How did Adam choose evil if Adam did not know what evil was until after he ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge of *GOOD AND EVIL*?