RE: Psalm 137:9
August 30, 2017 at 7:55 am
(This post was last modified: August 30, 2017 at 7:58 am by Harry Nevis.)
(August 30, 2017 at 2:53 am)Godscreated Wrote:(August 28, 2017 at 8:51 pm)Godisgood Wrote: A God with many faults. According to what standard are you using to judge that God is full of faults. And the verse about bashing infants against rocks doesnt mean what it says. There are websites available that explain it.
I've explained those verses to them many times and they just keep on bring them up. Even if they do listen they do not learn or care to learn, you will find some here who are going to show how little they care about truth.
GC
Or maybe we just don't buy your explanations. It's revealing how to you "learn" means believe what I tell you, and "truth" means whatever you believe.
(August 30, 2017 at 2:13 am)Godisgood Wrote: Without a standard of morality, there is no way to judge what is good or bad. Atheists, for example, might decry what is the behavior of God in the Old Testament when he orders the destruction of people groups. But, by what standard does any atheist have to judge what is morally correct? At best, an atheist would only have the ability to express an opinion since he cannot offer any objective standard of morality.
I am not judging what is right and wrong. God does, and he has communicated his standard of righteousness. his communication is found in the Bible. Take the 10 Commandments in Exodus 20. We see a codification of moral standards. We are told not to lie, not to commit adultery, not to covet, etc. These are standards given to us by God, and though there are other cultures that don't believe in the biblical God, they might have similar moral codes. But, for the Christian, the Bible is the supreme authority that judges what is moral.
We can only judge what is moral if we have a standard given to us by God, not some standard that is based on emotion, opinion, or the changing morals of society. Even though atheists, agnostics, Muslims, and non-Christians might not approve of standards found in the Scriptures, we Christians believe that the Bible is the revealed and inspired Word of God and that within its pages are the moral standards by which we are to model our behavior. Therefore, the right we have to judge what is moral comes from God as is revealed in his Word.
This is also from an article that I liked to be able to present to you as well.
Morality IS based on the opinions and emotions, and frequently changes. The interpretations of your god's morality has quite a bit over the years.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam