A God That Never Changes???

@fmf said
I see something different based on how you engage the topic of Christianity.

The way I "engage the topic of Christianity" hurts your feelings ~ and makes you want to lash out?

@philokalia said
I am rather left wing in many ways. It is fine by me if people say it.

I also believe in the importance of identity, as racism persists in being a problem to this very day.

@fmf said
You blabbering on about "a guru behind a computer screen" in an effort to land some sort of feeble blow in a message board conversation smacks of an inferiority complex.

It reminds me of how you once "dealt" with stuff I believe that you disagreed with by abandoning the conversation and suggesting, instead, that I had a "neckbeard". Just calm down a bit.

@philokalia said
No, I am pointing out that I do not see a man who is objective or presents reasonable arguments is what I am saying.

@philokalia said
There are, of course, many genuine miracles - I have been able to be a witness, and know others who have witnessed them.

@fmf said
You have sidestepped the meat of what I put to you: that you so often behave like a snowflake lashing out at people for not believing the same thing as you by characterizing the difference of opinion to "hate".

@philokalia said
St. Paul was not there for Christ's ministry on earth. Rather, he was a zealot Jewish persecutor of Christians who had a conversion moment from God.

@philokalia said
OK, not true.

@pettytalk said
If Jesus is God, the Father, the Lord Almighty, and people also claim God never changes, how to explain the 180 degrees change of direction?

I began this thread to address the apparent contradictions between a love-oriented Jesus, the Messiah and Savior, and the "bloodthirsty" Old Testament God, the Lord Almighty.

I provided a few examples to illustrate the clear contrast in sentiments. For instance, Jesus taught us to love our enemies, yet the Old Testament God commanded the extermination of certain groups to seize their land, women, children, and livestock.

This thread is not intended to debate the authenticity or factual details surrounding the writing of the New Testament, nor to question the existence of Jesus, the historical figure.

Instead, it challenges those who assert that their God never changes. It's clear that God, the Lord Almighty, underwent physical transformation, as has been proposed. If God is immortal, the claim of Jesus' death represents a significant change. Moreover, there is an emotional shift and a change in policy and instructions between the Lord Almighty and Jesus. The sentiments of loving one's enemies seem to be the crowning glory of this transformation. If these are not recognized as signs of change, then the term 'change' must be redefined.

This thread presents the concept of a changing God to those who insist that their God never changes and is always the same.

Without speaking for others, I would speculate that we are all amateur scholars here, expressing opinions that have likely been shaped by higher-level academic sources.

@fmf said
For all the ideological rhetoric about "New" and "Old" "Covenants" and "prophesies fulfilled", I think it's a case of a new offshoot religion piggybacking on the old one ~ and one of the inconvenient and incoherent upshots attendant thereto.

@pettytalk said
I disagree on your suggestion of a new offshoot religion piggybacking on the old one.

@philokalia said
Your OT quote starts with Joshua 1:9. and then it devolves. The Egyptians are allowed to remain in Egypt and there is no conquest of Egypt. The wars of the Israelites are about self-preservation and the conquest of Canaan is about acquiring land that has been promised to them by God. Many would say this is about displacing the Nephilim, which are clasically understood as t ...[text shortened]... k it's not that hard if you want to understand - you are just being uncharitable to the Bible there.