RE: Why do you believe in God?
May 2, 2015 at 7:51 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2015 at 8:05 pm by Lek.)
(May 1, 2015 at 1:25 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: How can you say that all has been fulfilled? Has Jesus fulfilled the prophesy of the second coming? Is it all done, and we are now with God, or in hell? And has heaven and earth passed away yet? Do you just ignore those bits? Why did Jesus mention heaven and earth passing? Was he just joking, and not to be taken seriously in what he stated?
I'm saying that he fulfilled the old testament law. All prophecy has not yet been fulfilled.
(May 2, 2015 at 4:23 pm)Jenny A Wrote: What in the Bible? The impossible creation stories (both of them). The parts where god orders the Hebrews to commit genocide. God's decision to kill a bunch of Egyptian babies. The phrophets telling everyone that famine, and invasion are because they didn't pray to the right god? How about the parts where it describes historically impossible events like the census the year Jesus was born? Or where Joshua tells all about the conquering of the promised land with god's divine help and then in the next few books it's conquered all over non-miraculously? Is is it the rules about killing women for being raped and absurd dietary laws. The utter incoherence of Revelations? The forged letters of Paul? The parts were Jesus says the kingdom of god on earth would be ruled by all twelve of the disciples (including Judas)? The way each new Gospel gets more and more hostel to the Jews?
If you're saying that the bible doesn't paint God as a one-dimensional cream puff, then you're correct. God is loving, but he also is just, jealous, angry and wrathful. He is also the creator and knows what's best as applies to the big picture. He is omniscient and understands the best course of action for those he created better than we do. He has also given every person he created the option to be happy for eternity. Obviously, in order to experience eternity joyfully, we first need to experience a baptism by fire because we are all touched by a world tainted by sin. By the way, what is incoherent about the Book of Revelation?