by frankiespeakin 13 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Because religion can get a person to justify immoral behavior, even on the part of God, and circumvent rational thought. If religion was removed from the equation most normal people would see the absurdities of God's "love" for what it is: absurd
"Men, in order to do evil, must first believe that what they are doing is good." -Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Or, in order to get men to agree with God's evil (when religion redefines it), they must believe that what he is doing is good.
JWs believe that in the flood of Noahs day, Jehovah killed millions only sparing 8 people. By those standards, why wouldnt he save 7 million killing the rest? Thats far more than 8. If he did it once he will do it again, why wouldnt he?
" If he did it once he will do it again, why wouldnt he?"
He didn't do it the first time - that's a fairy tale - and he won't be doing it again either. Stop dreaming.
The reality, Frankiespeaking, is that it does cause cognitive dissonance for any rational person. To love and to hate are polar opposites. They are diametrically distinct. Yet, any Bible reader is left to ponder how a God of love could be so harsh and vindictive as the God of the Old Testament. It is the reason that a Bible reader will say, how is it that God loved Jacob and yet hated Esau?(Romans 9:13) Didn't God know exactly what Esau was going to be when he was born? Wasn't the entire prophecy related to Jacob "usurping" his brother made known to both Isaac and Rebekah? If so, what choice did Esau have in the matter? It was all destiny, right?
This is the quandary that we are presented with in the personage of God. It conflicts with our understanding of love and hate, righteousness and injustice. It is by far one of the most perplexing of the many inconsistencies a Bible reader has to contend with.
When I was in the States recently, I saw a commercial on the tele about a candy. "Sometimes they're sour, sometimes they're sweet." I guess that pretty much sums it up.
