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Christians : my problem with Christianity, some questions.
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RE: Christians : my problem with Christianity, some questions.
(March 24, 2015 at 10:00 am)Drich Wrote: But, again just because those 'ethics' do not align themselves to what you or your belief system think ethics should look like does not mean He is without them.

Determining 'ethics' is not the role for man. This is however is the role Atheists and the creators of false gods do.

The worshiper of God's role is to follow the ethics set by Him, not to judge them.
In other words, you do not know whether you are right or wrong to follow "God's ethics," since you lack any skill in judging the matter. So when someone says, "Drich, what makes you judge it wrong to murder?" your answer must be: "I don't know. I am not able to judge," which is the same as saying, "Because I follow God's ethics. How do I know those are morally just? I don't."
(March 24, 2015 at 10:00 am)Drich Wrote: We should respect God First because He has created EVERYTHING, and all of Creation is under Him.
Is a child obligated to respect his or her parent after the parent neglects the child, watches it starve, get beaten, sexually assaulted, etc., all under orders that the parent set in motion? Remember, you have no ability to judge whether or not it is morally just or good to respect a creator on account of his words and actions because
(March 24, 2015 at 10:00 am)Drich Wrote: He is the beginning and End of all things which literally means whatever He says is Good, is Good, and whatever He says is bad is bad. No matter what we think should be good or bad.
Here is another moral judgment you make, in contradiction to your claim of not being able to judge:
(March 24, 2015 at 10:00 am)Drich Wrote: If God wants to have sex then it is right for Him to do so.
Again, you can't say that because
(March 24, 2015 at 10:00 am)Drich Wrote: to judge God as you have puts you (the judge) in a position of Power over God. Otherwise you could not say God can or can not do this 'thing.'
So stop judging God and saying what he does is right or wrong, good or bad.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
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RE: Christians : my problem with Christianity, some questions. - by Mudhammam - March 24, 2015 at 10:17 am

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