-Removed-Before passing judgment, we ought to acknowledge we don’t know what the world was like before the flood (how evil it was,) and the “talking snake” was simply demon possessed. A famous case on Lindley Street in Bridgeport, CT USA had a talking cat that was witnessed by firefighters and police officers who responded to the house due to unexplained phenomenon. And annihilationism may well be correct - but even if it isn’t, I think you just have to trust in God and in His ways. A God that would send His Son to die a sacrificial death on the cross to save mankind can’t be as bad as one would think - just the opposite in fact.
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-Removed-What is the issue for you?
Is it that there are people who claim that the Bible asserts that Eternal torture, genocidal floods and talking snakes are factual, and such facts collide with your picture of what is true? This is easy, there are such people and they are wrong. However, it leaves some doubt that the Bible is to be taken “literally.” Whatever that means. Whatever it means, it places responsibility for a proper reading of the Bible in your own hands. That’s a big deal. It’s at once freeing, and binding.
Or is it that the Lord Himself calls on you to believe these things are factual and you just can’t do it? That’s not so easy. Edit: but then the Lord is talking to you through these other humans? Don’t believe it for a minute.
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Originally posted by @romans1009“A God that would send His Son to die a sacrificial death on the cross to save mankind can’t be as bad as one would think - just the opposite in fact.”
Before passing judgment, we ought to acknowledge we don’t know what the world was like before the flood (how evil it was,) and the “talking snake” was simply demon possessed. A famous case on Lindley Street in Bridgeport, CT USA had a talking cat that was witnessed by firefighters and police officers who responded to the house due to unexplained phenomen ...[text shortened]... ath on the cross to save mankind can’t be as bad as one would think - just the opposite in fact.
We’re just lucky we were still covered by the Manufacturer’s warranty.
Originally posted by @romans1009Dont judge . Advise instead
Before passing judgment, we ought to acknowledge we don’t know what the world was like before the flood (how evil it was,) and the “talking snake” was simply demon possessed. A famous case on Lindley Street in Bridgeport, CT USA had a talking cat that was witnessed by firefighters and police officers who responded to the house due to unexplained phenomen ...[text shortened]... ath on the cross to save mankind can’t be as bad as one would think - just the opposite in fact.
Originally posted by @karoly-aczelMaybe you should listen to and act upon your own advice.
Dont judge . Advise instead