(June 25, 2015 at 11:20 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:(June 25, 2015 at 12:37 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: 3. He believes God had to integrate Himself slowly into the morality of the people of the time, because they would not have listened if they were hit with all the laws on morality all at once.
^You don't have to agree with Randy's assessment of the OT, but to say he condones rape and/or believes God condones rape is just dishonest.
Care to address the counter point?!?
(June 24, 2015 at 9:41 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: It's complete bullshit no matter how you slice it. If your gawd is the creator of everything and has been around since before the beginning, why did he allow them to become such reprobates in the first place? Maybe your all powerful, all knowing gawd should have looked in his crystal ball, saw what was coming and put some rules in place before shit got out of hand.
You don't have to agree with Randy's assessment. My point was just to show that Randy does not condone rape or believes God condones rape. He was being accused of it earlier, so I wanted to be sure people understood what he was saying and that neither of the things he was being accused of were true.
"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
