(June 24, 2015 at 6:57 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote:(June 24, 2015 at 6:54 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Randy's point is that if God had come out and hit everyone with all the morals all at once, it wouldn't have worked.
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That's just mindblowingly stupid. He's god. He can do what he wants, can't he? Or is his omnipotence not a thing anymore?
And yes - someone trying to justify their imaginary monster's actions - that's pretty sickening.
Yes, but he still gives us free will. He could force us to act a certain way, but He chooses to give us free will. So He has to work with that.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
