cavediver writes:
What I am asking is why should God have a perfect standard?
for the same reason that universal laws cannot be tampered with...we need them to exist.
cavediver writes:
And why should we be judged against it?
the truth is, we are not judged against it. God has provided us a means of return thru the death of his son. Jesus has in effect, died in our place. He has presented his death to God and paid the price for our imperfection for us.
This is why we are told that all those who excersize faith in Jesus will not have their sin held against them. We can ask for, and recieved, forgiveness rather then have to pay the price for sin, namely death.
cavediver writes:
Eve exercised her freewill and the rest of humanity is paying the price for it. But it was God's afront to her choice that is the reason behind the fall and the suffering.
hey, now your're placing the blame directly on eve. Perhaps you dont realise it but the Apostle Paul put the blame on Adam because as he said "Eve was thoroughly decieved, but the man was not decieved"
Really, the reason for our fall was because of inherited traits...sin is a genetic flaw which is why we all have it...but its a flaw that God has promised to remove.
cavediver writes:
It's very very odd being on the outside now, looking back in. It took me to stop being a Christian to recognise you as a Christian. It's a strange world...
awww thats sweet. We are still accused of being a cult...but hey, if we were a cult we wouldnt be knocking on people doors and we wouldnt have all our meetings open to the public would we.
it just goes to show how fragmented christianity has become...its amazing to think that it started off as one small group of 12 men in palestine.
Edited by Peg, : No reason given.