Why would a loving God, who cares for all of his children, endorse it? It sounds to me like the people just wanted to believe their god was on their side for a boost of morale. “The people and practices we do are good and the stuff other people do that we don’t know are bad”. - ThreadSky

echonomad9.bsky.social • 88 days ago

Why would a loving God, who cares for all of his children, endorse it? It sounds to me like the people just wanted to believe their god was on their side for a boost of morale. “The people and practices we do are good and the stuff other people do that we don’t know are bad”.

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echonomad9.bsky.social•88 days ago

And I don’t think “We don’t understand the ways of God” is a good argument. I was always told that whenever I questioned anything. “You can’t question God so stop thinking about it” was pretty much the answers I always got. But we should think about it, and we should question. That’s how we learn.

echonomad9.bsky.social•88 days ago

We can’t know everything obviously, but we should try and figure things out when we can. The Bible is old and has been translated over many different languages for centuries. This is an unpopular opinion, but I think it’s foolish to think the Bible hasn’t been changed even slightly.

echonomad9.bsky.social•88 days ago

And people can make mistakes, I don’t think it’s malicious by nature. Mistranslations happen. But that’s why we should apply logic to the situation. Like, why would an all loving God send “His” people to kill “evil people”. They’re all his children. I think it’s odd how he randomly favors one nation

echonomad9.bsky.social•88 days ago

In the end, I believe the God of our world is a good God. And so I shall live my best life for whoever that God might be. The thought that God would damn someone eternally for being unsure when there are a lot of different beliefs just doesn’t make sense to me.

echonomad9.bsky.social•88 days ago

And if you don’t believe correctly, eternal damnation? You gotta be certain and then you gotta pick the right one? In this world where it’s not obvious at all and there’s a lot of decisions? That isn’t the work of a loving god, that’s a Saw game.

echonomad9.bsky.social•88 days ago

So either
A: God made the world like a Saw game
or
B: The world doesn’t work like that

And if God made the world like a Saw game, then they’re not a God worth serving. That is not a Good God. So, at least for me, what makes sense is option B. I don’t think you’ll be eternally damned for skepticism

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