tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626292304461574111.post8863792784035597763..comments2023-12-27T19:24:48.254-05:00Comments on Tell me why the world is weird: Saved through faith alone- or, it's better to be right than goodperfectnumber628http://www.blogger.com/profile/10303683510076315803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626292304461574111.post-1814849403646968652013-08-30T20:36:56.086-04:002013-08-30T20:36:56.086-04:00I disagree. God actually said in the Bible that H...I disagree. God actually said in the Bible that He possesses certain attributes. And then some of the ways Christians (and yes, some church scholarship) interpret the Scriptures negate those aspects-- and rather than saying, "Hmm, maybe we're understanding this wrong," they then say, "But this is what the text says, so you'd better get in line, no matter what!" Perfectnumber has stopped doing that. If some doctrine of a church contradicts what God says God is like, then maybe it's the church doctrine that's messed up.Kristen Rossernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626292304461574111.post-16099923775741314002013-08-29T11:33:16.619-04:002013-08-29T11:33:16.619-04:00You remind me of Siddhartha. He looked at all of ...You remind me of Siddhartha. He looked at all of the gods and traditions of the Hindu religion and said, hey! these can't possibly all be true. So he set about taking the components of the faith which suited his sensibilities, and built a new religion from the ground up according to what he felt it should be. Isn't that what you are doing here? You aren't taking Christianity according to the revealed word as interpreted by any particular church scholarship. Your conscience tells you that God should possess certain aspects, so you are fashioning this image of what you want Him to be, according to your values. Isn't that like breaking the second commandment or something? (love me as I am, not an image that you create of me)<br /><br /><br />It reminds me of Jesus. Isn't that what he did with the chasing the moneychangers out of the temple and the healing on the sabbath?JethroElfmanhttp://allweathercyclist.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com