(July 6, 2015 at 10:38 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:(July 5, 2015 at 11:09 pm)popsthebuilder Wrote: It was a test of faith. He was a messenger meant to teach others. He had to have strong Faith. And he did, and his whole family was blessed.
You know all this. Why try?
Serious question here:
Why does an all knowing gawd need to test someone's faith?
It is because the people telling you such stories are full of shit and cannot keep their stories straight.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.