(June 19, 2015 at 2:05 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Then your god is described as an immoral being, and a foundational aspect of -your churches- moral condemnation of the acts of others in the here and now is -predicate- on the morality of an an immoral act, or an immoral description...of your god.
That is, of course, when it's not busy being predicate on transparently shitty non-reason like "natural law".
Not an opinion....a fact.
-and, if it's not okay to be put to death for any reason....as you've just stated....then why has your "good" god condemned every human being to death by means of a generational curse, or by means of the flawed design of man as expressed in his fallen nature? Or is that allegory too? If it is allegory, and if there is no reason that it';s okay for a person to be put to death...then what was the purpose, and what is the moral status, of christs crucifixion as vicarious redemption? Relief from a punishment that should have never been inflicted in the first place...by way of scapegoating?
Some "good" god you've got yourself. Some morality.
He's God. You're not. He will not contend with you forever.
There is nothing immoral about God's actions in the OT. Israel was an obstinate, stubborn nation...prone to being influenced by the pagan nations all around them. God took a tough-love approach...He commanded death for those who disobeyed. It took awhile, but eventually Israel got the message.
Jesus was able to speak more about God's love because Israel had finally reached the point where it was faithful to God...but in other ways, he dialed it up a notch in the "You have heard it said...but I say to you..." passages of the NT.
And what do you know of God's vicarious redemption beyond the use of what are, for you, mere talking points...buzz words gleaned from an atheist website? God took upon Himself the punishment that you deserve.
Why do you have a problem with the mercy that God has shown to all mankind?
