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Struggles by Non-Christians
Yahweh: Benevolent God of Bloodthirsty Monster?
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<blockquote data-quote="ephraimanesti" data-source="post: 57144978" data-attributes="member: 131538"><p>"If one believes that God is monstrously vengeful, one will hear the images of apocalypse very differently than if one believes that God is compassionate, with a patience that is turned to our salvation. The latter is the God who spoke through the prophet Ezekiel, saying, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">"I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF THE WICKED, BUT THAT THE WICKED TURN FROM THEIR WAYS AND LIVE . . ."</span> (Ezek. 33:11). </p><p></p><p>"But the first image of God is the easier interpretation, one that serves both Christian fundamentalists and atheists rather well. One can either assume that the Book of Revelation and similar Scriptural material is about God punishing those 'other people' while you yourself remain secure, or reject the whole story as infantile at best or sick and twisted at worst. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">BUT AS IS SO OFTEN THE CASE, WHAT COMES EASILY IS OF CONSIDERABLY LESS VALUE THAN THAT WHICH COMES HARD, EARNED OVER TIME AND WITH A STRUGGLE." </span></p><p>(from <em>Amazing Grace</em> by Kathleen Norris)</p><p></p><p>This quote and your demand for "explanations" both act to highlight the primary weakness of self-righteous "atheists"--an intellectual laziness, an unwillingness to <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="color: Red">struggle</span></span> with the Truth, coupled with an ego-serving need to dismiss reality by denigrating and cavalierly dismissing its Creator--or, as Revelations puts it, by "hiding among the caves and rocks." (Rev. 6:15) </p><p></p><p><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/bow.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bow:" title="bow :bow:" data-shortname=":bow:" />ABBA'S FOOL,</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">ephraim</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ephraimanesti, post: 57144978, member: 131538"] "If one believes that God is monstrously vengeful, one will hear the images of apocalypse very differently than if one believes that God is compassionate, with a patience that is turned to our salvation. The latter is the God who spoke through the prophet Ezekiel, saying, [FONT="Arial Black"]"I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF THE WICKED, BUT THAT THE WICKED TURN FROM THEIR WAYS AND LIVE . . ."[/FONT] (Ezek. 33:11). "But the first image of God is the easier interpretation, one that serves both Christian fundamentalists and atheists rather well. One can either assume that the Book of Revelation and similar Scriptural material is about God punishing those 'other people' while you yourself remain secure, or reject the whole story as infantile at best or sick and twisted at worst. [FONT="Arial Black"]BUT AS IS SO OFTEN THE CASE, WHAT COMES EASILY IS OF CONSIDERABLY LESS VALUE THAN THAT WHICH COMES HARD, EARNED OVER TIME AND WITH A STRUGGLE." [/FONT] (from [I]Amazing Grace[/I] by Kathleen Norris) This quote and your demand for "explanations" both act to highlight the primary weakness of self-righteous "atheists"--an intellectual laziness, an unwillingness to [FONT="Arial Black"][COLOR="Red"]struggle[/COLOR][/FONT] with the Truth, coupled with an ego-serving need to dismiss reality by denigrating and cavalierly dismissing its Creator--or, as Revelations puts it, by "hiding among the caves and rocks." (Rev. 6:15) :bow:ABBA'S FOOL, [SIZE="1"]ephraim[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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