Originally posted by @dj2beckerOn page 12 of this thread you admitted, "I am almost a teen in terms of experiencing the real world" and seemed to concede you have some way to go on your way to being a regular grown up. Do you think someone telling you you're not doing very well is an "insult" in the circumstances?
Do you think reverting to insults when you've lost an argument is mature behavior on your part?
Originally posted by @dj2beckerAssuming for a moment that your cult story is true, there was - what was arguably - "evil" afoot in the environment in which you grew up and your Christian leaders, your parents, and others around you were complicit in it. Do you believe it was your god figure's will that you be raised that way?
I had little or no interaction with people who were not part of the cult I was part of.
-Removed-This seems to be a Bible contradiction.
On one hand, God is supposed to love the humans He created. On the other hand, He either causes or allows a tsunami to wipe out 50,000 people....that He loves? And cause further pain and grief to the surviving family members, that He loves?
Doesn't make sense.
Originally posted by @chaney3God sets a point in time for all of us to die, His gift is eternal life. So if someone died in what you think is a bad way, that some how different than a way you think is good?
This seems to be a Bible contradiction.
On one hand, God is supposed to love the humans He created. On the other hand, He either causes or allows a tsunami to wipe out 50,000 people....that He loves? And cause further pain and grief to the surviving family members, that He loves?
Doesn't make sense.