Arguably, the NT isn't any more loving than the OT god. He just learned to use the passive voice and diffuse responsibility:
OT god: I smite thee!
NT god: I regret that you aren't saved.
In some ways, the NT god is much more cruel. As Hitchens has pointed out, the OT god would smite you and that's it. You're dead. Oblivion for you. It was the NT god who invented this whole torture-in-Hell forever thing.
OT god: I smite thee!
NT god: I regret that you aren't saved.
In some ways, the NT god is much more cruel. As Hitchens has pointed out, the OT god would smite you and that's it. You're dead. Oblivion for you. It was the NT god who invented this whole torture-in-Hell forever thing.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
