(June 16, 2015 at 7:18 am)Randy Carson Wrote: Parkers-
You are absolutely correct. God is the same regardless of which testament we are discussing. Therefore, claiming that he is no is right out.
You'd probably ought to tell that to your fellow-traveler, CL.
(June 16, 2015 at 7:18 am)Randy Carson Wrote: It is also true that God does not act immorally - it is more likely that we do not understand God's actions and therefore, we judge it to be immoral by our standards and according to our understanding.
You are assuming what you wish to demonstrate. That is begging the question, which as I'm sure you can guess by now is a logical fallacy.
Can you not mount one argument without engaging in slipshod thinking?
(June 16, 2015 at 7:18 am)Randy Carson Wrote: I also reject the idea that morality has changed - at one level anyway. Murder was wrong for Cain and it is wrong for me. No change.
Therefore, ISTM that we have to examine WHY God might have instructed the Israelites to take certain actions at one point in OT history, only to command something different later in the NT.
You've already stated that you don't understand his motives. If you wish to pursue that further, have at it.
(June 16, 2015 at 7:18 am)Randy Carson Wrote: But in order to discuss that intelligently, we have to agree on some examples of that behavior. To what are you referring when you say that God acted immorally in the past?
Read the thread. I'm am not retyping my points simply because you're too lazy to read first. CL had me type them out for her at least three times, and I'm rather tired of repeating myself.
