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11-09-2007, 12:23 AM #7
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Perceived roundaboutness in the Bible
No one's forcing them not to sin. The argument is that if on of the virtues of perfection is to abstain from sin, then a perfect being will always to choose not to sin. It's not a matter of being forced to make the right choice, it's the matter of always making the right choice. How can perfection chose to be wrong? Implying that Adam and Eve made the wrong choice means that they aren't perfect. The fact that they chose freely doesn't negate that a supposedly prefect being somehow made a choice in error, which means that they aren't perfect.
Originally Posted by Krogith
I asked why he needed to sacrifice a person (we need to sacrifice a perfect human, you said), when He's the one who makes up the rules. I'm asking, why not just forgive the people instead of going through all this silliness.
Originally Posted by Krogith
I'm asking why it's the most logical way to approach forgiveness. In order to show me how it's logical, you need to show me the reasoning why this is the most logical route to forgiveness. You need to make an argument, not an excuse. The fact that He spent a lot of time on a really contrived version of forgiveness, doens't make a strong argument.
Originally Posted by Krogith
That statement was just showing the roundaboutness of God's forgiving ways, I'm not even suggesting we should be under "old law".
Originally Posted by Krogith
Again, I'm not asking for the story, I'm asking why God's ways of forgiveness are the most logical. I don't care about what He's done, I care about the why.
Originally Posted by Krogith
Again I ask what you would do if you were in God's situation. In God's situation, if Adam and Eve disobeyed you, why would you banish them from your garden, give them the rules that God did, and make a perfect human some amount of time later to be sacrificed, when you could just forgive Adam and Eve, if that's what you truly wanted?
Originally Posted by Krogith
You're still not answering a single question. God *makes* the standards. If you were in the middle of dictating the laws of the universe (and for yourself), why would you make a rule that states that the only way you can forgive a sinner for breaking your rules is to banish them from eden and etcetera?
Originally Posted by Krogith
I'm asking for the purpose of such a roundabout way of forgiving someone, that's all.
Originally Posted by Krogith
Depending on who you ask, I suppose. but if He's proving to all that his ways are the most logical and perfect. You're just stating that they are perfect, but keep forgetting the "why?".
Originally Posted by Krogith
This is on forgiveness, remember? Why would God kill people he's trying to forgive?
Originally Posted by Krogith
Furthermore, If he "just zapped Adam and Eve" then there would be no more people, so where would they get this idea from?
God does exactly that in some cases.
Originally Posted by Krogith
Of course not, which is why I wouldn't serve a Xian God, even if he did exist.
Originally Posted by Krogith
You're assuming that the only other logical option than animal sacrifice and such is death, and ignoring the easiest and most straight forward to forgiving someone...
Originally Posted by Krogith
Genuine Forgiveness.
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