RE: Ask a Traditional Catholic
June 28, 2015 at 12:27 pm
(This post was last modified: June 28, 2015 at 12:29 pm by IATIA.)
(June 28, 2015 at 12:23 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: There are two levels:
Level 1: Fear of hell/desire for heaven.
Of course we fear hell and desire heaven. That is the only sane response if heaven and hell are real.
Level 2: Love of God.
We desire to do whatever pleases God purely out of love for Him. This level is not concerned with self (heaven and hell).
Level 1 is less mature; level 2 is more mature. Similarly, our love for a spouse can be more or less mature.
So a battered spouse is level one. "Please don't beat me again. I love you!"
That is the real issue with your "loving and merciful god".
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy