RE: Christians, Prove Your God Is Good
March 7, 2015 at 5:49 pm
(This post was last modified: March 7, 2015 at 5:57 pm by MilesAbbott81.)
(March 7, 2015 at 5:33 pm)abaris Wrote: You should join a circus. With all this bending and shaping to make horrible ends meet, you really have some acrobatic talent.
I'm especially impressed by the how little tolerance for evil thingy. He's that intolerant of evil that he commits the vilest act imaginable: Slaughtering innocents because of what their parents did. That's how Don Corleone handles matters. If you betray the godfather he will make you suffer by killing your loved ones.
Really an adorable god.
Btw, where does it say that Abraham expected to find another sacrifice. No, no. He comes over as a deranged goat fucker listening to the voices in his head.
It's not the easiest thing in the world to accept, neither can you but by the grace of God.
Your problem, however, is that you make assumptions about God and His character. He is not trying to be "adorable." He is not trying to win a popularity contest. He is teaching us the difference between good and evil, so that we will be made in His image; that is, righteous, independently sentient beings.
Crime brings punishment, sin brings death. That is the way of God. If we do no evil, then no one gets punished, and that is the bottom line.
You are wrong to relate it to Mafia tactics; what crime has God ever committed? On the contrary, He came to us in the flesh as Jesus Christ, lived a sinless life, and we murdered Him in perhaps the most ruthless possible way for it.
You can't say He hasn't suffered along with everyone else, that is, if we are continuing in the vein of Christianity in this discussion.
And yes...in the case of God and His motives, the ends DO justify the means.
The truth is not palatable, but it IS the truth.
(March 7, 2015 at 5:33 pm)abaris Wrote: Btw, where does it say that Abraham expected to find another sacrifice. No, no. He comes over as a deranged goat fucker listening to the voices in his head.
Genesis 22:6
... "The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
Abraham answered, "God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son."
Not that Abraham wasn't prepared to obey if it came to that, but He had faith in the goodness of God. He found that faith to not be misplaced.
