It most certainly does say that, Tec. EE quoted the scripture. People don't just drop dead like that for no reason. Not two of them, Not abruptly. Not for shock. Not hours apart. The first part points out that they had been false to holy spirit, and then they immediately died.
Nothing in that states that God killed them. Since you and I both know that did not happen... then we know that did not happen. You because you dont' believe in God. Me because I look to Christ to see God.
Now you may need every single thing spelled out, you may need to look for ways around what was written, you may choose to sometimes say if it wasn't written it is not true while at other times you say if it wasn't written, it does not mean it is not true. You pick and choose.
No, I look to Christ. The Truth, the Image, the Word of God. All of that is written too, and ignored or worked around, by you and others.
It doesn't explicity say in tiny words that god killed those two, and I refuse to see it in the implication even though in any other context I would see such implication----therfore it wasn't written, it didn't happen.
Actually, I would not see it as nearly enough to convict someone of something... enough to ask, yes. Then to listen for an answer. Definitely not enough to state as you and others are, with seeming certainty, that this is what was meant. That this is what happened.
We won't ever see this or other similar stories the same... because you are not looking at Christ, to know God. If ever you do, then we might see the same. If ever I stopped... then we might also see the same.
It's whatever you want it to be. That's the bottom line. Whatever you want it to mean is what it will mean to you. You are inconsistent when you apply these principals because the bible is inconsistant with your beliefs. And everything, EVERYTHING, must be reworked to fit in with your beliefs. Confirmation Bias.
You do this. Or you would not place emphasis on the bad over the good. You would at least say... there is a discrepency. I don't know which one is supposed to represent God. I guess it just represents the different people. That would be unbiased, imo, of someone who does not believe.
Biased is promoting the bad and ignoring everything about Christ, or explaining it way, as you have done.
I am not unbiased about the bible either. Not at all. Christ first, everything else second. If it disagrees or is in conflict with the Image Christ presented or a teaching He gave us... then I dismiss it as a)being wrong, or b) being misunderstood by us.
I like some of the goddesses. I don't believe in them, but some of them are written as lovely persons. I don't feel the need to judge all characters as evil. But by golly---this one is not one of those, and it is reflected in the people that created and believed in him.
And this just happens to be the one religion (s) that played you and continues to play so many false, claims to represent. I don't mean to throw that in your face, but it is there... like an elephant in the room, otherwise. I don't think you, or any of us, can ever be unbiased about it.
Peace,
tammy
