Three strikes and yer out

If life was a baseball game the god of the bible would be out on strikes.Let’s start at the beginning. In Genesis we see god creating man and then man promptly destroying god’s plan. Seems like a god who can’t plan very good.Fall = strike oneThen god let’s life go on without changing a thing with the same predictable results. Man sins and god decides to kill everything, but a select few. When you have to use the eraser you have admitted a mistake. So,The flood = strike twoAnd then comes Jesus to redeem all the past mistakes.God comes to earth, does a few miracles to impress the locals, then vanishes for next two thousand years appearing only in the hearts of those who believe, leaving mankind to fight over the meaning of the teaching.Incarnation = strike threeI’m sure, that like all fans, god’s boosters will have their excuses, there’s the free will defense that’s used to get god off the hook, but that’s like claiming your hero can’t hit the curve ball.
You gotta hit the free-will curve to stay in the game.

Can you summarize your idea for what the topic of discussion is? To me, this sounds more like a blog entry, not like a discussion topic. I can't figure out what you want to discuss.Can you help me understand?Thanks.

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The point is: god makes mistakes.I tried to illustrate that point with a baseball metaphor in keeping with the playoff season, but if this isn't the right venue, I can take my ball and bat elsewhere.lolThanks

OK. That seems like a topic worth discussing... although I feel that there's already a topic out there. Maybe another admin will inform us if so.There's a couple of ways you can bring it up in debate:

Ask if God makes mistakes. Then say, you think he does. Then give your baseball analogy.

Assume the point that God makes mistakes, give the baseball analogy, and then ask a question of... what next? What do we do with that?

I'm fine with either of these approaches. I'd appreciate if you can choose one of them (or a similar type of approach), edit the OP, and bump the thread for me.Thanks. Nice! You made me laugh out loud in the library. Not good.

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Well I'm bringing my ball and bat back, now can we all play together.I started surf to EvC for topics, but as usual I got entangled with replies and have a topic still open, so I'm probably at my time limit, so you can close this.The one good thing is that I am aquiring a file of replies.Thanks

DHR,I'll keep this open; if you find time in the next few weeks, go ahead and edit and bump it. If not, eventually it'll get closed due to "old age."Thanks!

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Closed, due to old age.

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