Opinions and conclusions about Religion and God.

Don't start that silliness again. You might as well say that justice doesn't care who goes to jail as long as somebody does. It isn't justice unless the right person pays the penalty.Justice may be blind, but it isn't as stupid as you make it out to be.

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I was practically born where you are now. I could quote scripture long before I could read it. I was as convinced as you are by the time I was twelve (and I probably knew the Bible better then than you do now ).But I moved on. There are lots of people around here who have been where you are and have moved on. Your biggest mistake is thinking that you "have it" and we don't. Many of us "had it" and realized that it wasn't "it" after all.(You're a bit like the eight-year-old who looks at women's underwear in the Sears catalogue and says, "It doesn't get any better than this.") The Gospel is not about dying at all. It's about living. The best way to live this life is to enjoy it as much as you can and to help othera enjoy their lives as much as they can. There is much more satisfaction in that than in your empty beliefs.

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I think you meant "vigorously" - not "rigorously". The lack of rigor is pretty obvious to everybody.

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I'd like to see that.

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I don't believe that.Let's say you were in a complete vacuum before you "met" God - never heard of Him. After you met Him, what prompted you to look at the Bible at all? Why not the Qur'an? Why not the Upanishads? Why not the Book of Mormon? Why not Dianetics?How much of your "knowledge" of God is really based on your "meeting" and how much did you really learn from the Bible? How much did you learn from people telling you what the Bible says? Is it just coincidence that you found a church full of like-minded people?(Remember, your Bible "knowledge" and "understanding" are on record here. )

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Thank you for that thought-provoking answer. I'm sure we're all suitably impressed.How about an answer to any or all of the eight questions I asked?

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Of course not. That notion is sheer nonsense.God can warn us of natural consequences - e.g. step off a cliff and you fall - not that we need those warnings from an external source. But He doesn't have to provide additional consequences - i.e. "punishment". If He did that, it would be vengeance, not justice. The boundaries are there for our benefit - not God's. If we step outside the boundaries, there are natural consequences. There is no need for additional punishment.Think of a mother telling her child not to play on the street. If he disobeys, there are natural consequences - he might get hit by a car. There is no need for him to be punished on top of that.Will he learn from a spanking not to disobey? Maybe. But that isn't the kind of punishment you're talking about, is it? You seem to be talking about spanking the child in the hospital, after he has already suffered the consequences of his actions.

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