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Why do Christians make God out to be dumb?

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09-29-2006 1:55 PM 		Reply to: Message 224 by robinrohan
09-29-2006 1:39 PM

robinrohan writes:
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Why the sacrifice? The idea makes a little more sense if one thinks of it as a debt that has to be paid.
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Who owes the debt? And to whom is it owed?
(And while we're at it, what is the "substance" of the debt - i.e. what is owed?)
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09-29-2006 2:30 PM 		Reply to: Message 226 by robinrohan
09-29-2006 2:11 PM

robinrohan writes:
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God's Nature is such that it's a contradiction for mankind to be let off without the debt being paid.
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But that view of "God's Nature" by some Christians is what makes God look dumb.
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If you owe me money, I can forgive the debt with a snap of the fingers. Why do some Christians make God seem less capable?
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Thinking about it further, I think "poison" makes more sense than "debt."
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The usual way of dealing with a poison is to pump it out of the system or to administer an antidote to neutralize it. Why can't God do that?
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Why is a "sacrifice" necessary? How does a sacrifice relate to the poison analogy at all?
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09-30-2006 4:44 PM 		Reply to: Message 248 by Faith
09-30-2006 4:32 PM

Re: The believe at the time ...
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Jesus told parables, but the Bible isn't parables otherwise, which ought to be obvious.
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It's pretty obvious that the talking-snake story isn't literal history.
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