(August 28, 2018 at 6:29 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(August 28, 2018 at 1:21 pm)SteveII Wrote: Go ahead, divorce that whole story (Gen 6) from God's holiness/justice/love/mercy and make the case for 'emotions'.
God says quite explicitly in Genesis 6 that he will blot them out "for I am sorry that I made them." It couldn't be any plainer than that Steve. Action, followed by cause. You can certainly suggest that his wiping them out was just, but God is quite clear on his motive here.
It's rather odd that an all knowing god who knows the future can do something and then regret that he did it. His wisdom is supposed to be greater than mine, yet I wouldn't jump off a cliff and on the way down regret that I jumped.
I'm not all knowing or all powerful, so I sometimes do things that have unforeseen consequences, so I am subject to regrets. For an all knowing, all powerful deity to do something and then regret it is not a sign of wisdom or justice.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
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I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
