Atheists vs Christians
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- madirish0
God could have responded by wiping us from the face of the earth, in his perfect holiness and justice. Instead, he chose to send his son to die for us so that we can receive his forgiveness as a free gift.
flagellum
(May 10 07, 11:33)and that is what makes absolutly no farking sense whatsoever. this is a humanist reasoning and justification for an 'act' that should not be considered w/ such rationale based on the earlier statements that are suposed to be 'believed'. thus, how can it be a logical result to an interpretive history?
mind you, i do not come to said conclusion from pulling it out of my ass, but from the 10 or 11 years worth of theology and comparative biblical study i have done in school.
i am as aetheist as they come and i love studying both theology and biblical literature......not just the Bible. if you choose to be a scholar of the latter, you are a beater and not flying far from the nest. students of any area look to other sourcs, influences, anyting to give relative context to the part/piece inwhich they are focusing.... insomuch to give them a critical view of work.
i think this is where flagellum (and with all respect, those who also believe in those statements he places here) and those who challenge him differ and where dialogue breaks down.