RE: Why I'm Still a Christian
March 6, 2015 at 3:15 pm
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2015 at 3:16 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 6, 2015 at 2:59 pm)robvalue Wrote: Part of your brain must know this is an indefensible act, and if anyone other than God did it, you'd call it monstrous. But God simply gets a pass. Why does he get a pass?
Exactly.
The same point I was trying to make above by having Lek substitute the name 'Kin Jung Un' in place of 'God' and see if his justifications still sound okay.
I truly believe that the vast majority of Christians are more moral than the god they believe in. I have seen Christians twist themselves in knots trying to justify the slavery and genocides depicted in the Bible attributed to their god. It is obvious their beliefs are in major conflict with their morality.
William Lane Craig has actually stated that the Hebrews that god ordered to slaughter men, women and children are the ones that really suffered, having to take all those lives.
The best thing that could be said about the god of the Bible, is that he doesn't exist.
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.
