Originally posted by huckleberryhound
but Christianity found it so important to have an "anti-God" that they split him into Jesus and Satan, thus giving both a good and an evil choice,and the anti-god to Just God would be nonbelievers, heathens, call them what you will. no?
And consider this.
A man kills another man - evil
A man kills a tyrant - Evil ?
A man steals gold - ev ...[text shortened]... ences also?
A violent storm can both destroy houses, and irrigate a stretch of barren land.
but Christianity found it so important to have an "anti-God" that they split him into Jesus and Satan, thus giving both a good and an evil choice,and the anti-god to Just God would be nonbelievers, heathens, call them what you will. no?
You seem to be assuming people made this up in your statement
of faith above, because if Jesus and Satan are real we just
acknowledge the reality of each. You are suggesting Christianity is
false above, because if there isn't a Jesus Christ and if there isn't
a Satan there is no need for Christianity.
And consider this.
A man kills another man - evil
No, not always. Defending ones home and country is one thing,
doing it just for pleasure or to get something is another. The
act itself is always going to be judged by the motive in which it
was done, or the reason if it was an accident.
A man kills a tyrant - Evil ?
See answer to the first question, it is the same here too.
A man steals gold - evil
Robbing someone of what is there is breaking with that person and
the reality of ownership. Motives; however, can come into play here
too.
A man steals gold to feed his family - evil ?
[/b]Understandable the need to feed the family it however doesn't
make it good, only understandable.
A violent storm can both destroy houses, and irrigate a stretch of barren land.
A storm would be called evil by the ones it affects; however, it does
not have a motive, it just is.
Kelly