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But I'll be busy the next several days... If this post is still around on Monday or Tuesday, I'll reply more fully. For now:
>this is a road we need to go down first because if you say >you believe in God then you believe in His word. If you >have read the Bible then you know this is the only way you >are going to learn about Him.
I've read some of the Bible (haven't read it cover to cover or anything), but I'm not convinced that it is the only place to find God's word or learn about Him. I think it is a divinely inspired book, but I definitely don't think it's a perfect interpretation of God's word - for one thing, the only version I can read is the English translation, and it's inconceivable to me that this version is the exact same in meaning and context as the original versions.
I'm willing to go thru what >you call contradiction and the things that dont make sense. >There is nothing contradicting about the book, it's like you >said, " things dont make sense". They will once you get an >understanding.
I have a book that details all the contradictions, and gives citations (and I've checked some of them). There's a lot of them. I'll pull out some of the more obvious ones when I get time.
>"He" dont put us thru anything, we put ourselves in these >situations.
But He created everything, so He set these situations up, and allows them to happen. And a good, pious Christian woman who is attacked in the parking lot of the grocery store did not "put herself in any situation" that justified what happened. Living a pious Christian life doesn't protect you from being robbed/raped/maimed/murdered/etc.
God's way of life dont create these kinds of >people.
Tell that to pedophiliac priests and all the others who have murdered and done so much evil in God's name. Some of the most moral people I know are not Christian (of course, some are)... But also, some of the least moral people I know are Christian too...
Yes he could easly destroy the world but God is >merciful, each day we are given a chance to come on His side >instead of him destroying us, be thankful for this. But >this is a common response, non believers cant grasp why God >allows evil to exist you must read it for yourself. That's >really the only way you will get it!
Interesting... I'll have to think about this.
>Quick question for you: If someone you "loved" ( in a true >sense) repeatedly disobeyed you, what would you do?
Hard to say. I definitely wouldn't hurt them for disobeying me. I don't expect people I love to obey me (unless it's a child, which is a totally separate subject). For example, if I told my wife we don't need a new car and she goes out and buys one anyway, I'd be pretty angry and frustrated, but I wouldn't want to hurt her or cause her pain... Give me a better example, because I can't really figure out what you're getting at here...
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