(November 7, 2017 at 2:50 pm)alpha male Wrote:(November 7, 2017 at 2:21 pm)Harry Nevis Wrote: "Inherently and completely good"? I think most parents would consider eternally torturing (whether its flames or god's absence, if he's all he's cracked up to be, it would be torture) their kids for disobedience not good.
Why do you characterize the relationship between God and sinners as analogous to a parent and their children?
I guess it's all the Father/Son crap in the bible. The bond between parent and child is the closest thing to unconditional love we have. And it appears to outclass your god's love.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam