RE: If you believe in the God of the Bible, why try to prove it logically?
June 19, 2013 at 1:42 am
(June 18, 2013 at 11:23 pm)cato123 Wrote:(June 18, 2013 at 11:07 pm)Godschild Wrote: You were on ignore a long time before that. The Bible will tell you if you would study it.
Apparently I'm not 'still' on ignore. A little dig, but seriously....
Do you understand my joke? You claim that I can only understand what Biblical verses mean through 'judgement'. What does this mean? At face value, you are telling the rest of the world that the written words inspired by God don't mean what they say. One can only understand if they interpret the words with 'judgement'. What does this mean?
Simple, God pronounced His judgement on those people and then decided there punishment. He had Israel to carry out the punishment, this showed the others in the region God was with Israel and that His judgement would be carried out against them. As I said earlier in this post, God was ridding the land of the sinful people that would lead His people astray, He wanted Israel to scourge the land so they could have a fresh start with no outside influence. They did not obey Him and that's why archaeologist find Ashtaroth and Baal idols in their digs of Israels cities. This is why they misinterpret that God had a wife, Israel just kept messing things up from the time they left Egypt till the time they were exiled into Assyria and Babylon. God's judgement against His people, God judges all eventually.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.