tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778054119855048845.post33404200451741402..comments2023-05-04T06:17:35.747-07:00Comments on Toward a New Christian Ethic: The Nature of GodAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11432140240361743129noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778054119855048845.post-31465361482543205322009-09-11T19:25:53.875-07:002009-09-11T19:25:53.875-07:00Some people, gnostics (not agnostics) believe in a...Some people, gnostics (not agnostics) believe in a really interesting set of beliefs.<br /><br />They say that there are at least more than 2 gods. The old testament god was supposedly imperfect and evil, but he was the son of another god, who's other son was Jesus.<br /><br />I suggest research on Wikipedia. I found it really interesting, i think it may certainly appeal to you.<br /><br />I personally believe that since death isn't the end of existence, then it can't truly be called a bad thing. I mean, if that was the case, then we might as well say that our ceasing to exist in a pre-existence and arriving at Earth as born children was also some kind of "death", but no one ever thinks of that death-like act as evil.<br /><br />Since we are all doomed to pass away, then God has the right to make our lives on Earth a little or a lot shorter than other people's lives. But the complaints that humans make always are done when those lives are cut short due to pain and sufferings. In reality, people that day in a natural cause at age 50 are undergoing an act as non-evil as a man shot to death at age 50. Death is not evil.<br /><br />Unauthorized acts are considered evil by God. A perfect example is to not keep the Sabbath holy, or to fornicate. We only have the authority to have sexual relations inside of marriage according to God, and similarly, we lack the authority to not keep the Sabbath holy.<br /><br />Now you say that God is evil while Jesus is super-kind and good. Well, Jesus actually got visited by Elijah and Moses, he also claimed he was the fulfillment of lots of prophecies from the Old Testament, and he preached God's laws by overthrowing tables and whipping men when he saw them dealing with works in the middle of a synagogue on a Sabbath.<br /><br />See, Jesus can see through the bodies of men and into their thoughts. So can God. So Jesus could see that the pharisees and others who tried to do wrong were doing it for the same reason that Lucifer promised a way to get all beings back to Heaven...all for the glory, the pharisees simply wanted power. God can also see the same, but since we never walked with God like we did with Jesus, we can't have the same direct, physical relationship. Instead, God left little guidelines for his people to follow, such as punishing rule-breakers, etc. And when it came to people who died in the flood, in Sodom & Gomorrha, and in the lands of Canaan, he did it because he too could read the hearts of those men, and he knew they were evil.<br /><br />Now, if you believe that God and Jesus are real, then explain why do good people die in disasters.<br /><br />Even if Jesus and God are actually perfect beings, SOMEONE is allowing good people to die. If Jesus said the truth, then that someone is actually omnibenevolent, yet he allows for the righteous to die.<br /><br />That's why i already accept that death isn't bad, and that if i ever get murdered, i will never blame it on God for cutting my life short in a tragic way, because i know that if he had chosen a non-tragic way, most people wouldn't be mad.<br /><br />People are selfish. They want perfect lives. It proves that we like life, that we like our earthly commodities, to the point that we call all that pleases us "good", and all that doesn't "bad". That isn't what either Jesus or God preached.<br /><br />You might as well regard Jesus as a simple philosopher who lied about a lot of things like saying he was holy, and become a hedonist. If you believe that Jesus was right however, you can't believe God is evil, or otherwise you would produce a paradoxical belief.<br /><br />Unless you wish to take the alternative, Gnosticism, which i already recommended above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778054119855048845.post-60689484343532857682009-05-30T16:39:33.860-07:002009-05-30T16:39:33.860-07:00This reminds me of what Lewis Black said, which we...This reminds me of what Lewis Black said, which went something like this:<br /><br />Old testament God is a prick. I guess the birth of his son made him calm down and gave him some perspective or something.Matt's brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07188185711832956883noreply@blogger.com