A moral God?
Reverend G. R. Gaudreau errancy@infidels.org
Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:09:36 -0400 (00928264176, 002401beac38$6252eb60$06916395@grgaud)
>G.R.gaud
> Again with the question begging!! Oy oy oy! And I'm supposed to
accept
> this on your say-so? You beg the question, yet again, that infants
> deserve being ripped to pieces by a sword, or skewered with a lance,
> or have their skulls crushed with an hammer or stone, based on
> original sin. Show me where the Bible teaches that infants deserve
to
> die such a death. It's simply not enough to say so, Matt. Back it
up.
Matthew Bell
You yourself were recently engaged in dialogue with F.Till on whether
the
Bible teaches original sin or not. Your position was then that it did.
So
if the Bible teaches original sin then it teaches that all before God
are
sinners at enmity with Him and are justly exposed to His wrath. For
those
who believe the Bible teaches original sin if follows that they hold
the
consequence of that doctrine, i.e. that ALL are hell-deserving
sinners. If
not, why not?
RevGaud
Matt, read me previous post (above). I asked where the Bible teaches
that these infants deserved to be slaughtered as they were. I don't
dispute that the Bible teaches some form of inherited sin, so-called
original sin, and that this disqualifies anyone from being in the
presence of YHWH in heaven. However, I also think that Farrell made
some very good points and I think that the Bible also has a teaching
that supports those who, like Farrell, do not believe in original sin.
In short, I see it as just another area where the biblical authors
contradict themselves.
Would you please tell me why these infants, who had not committed any
sin against YHWH, could deserve to die such a horrible death because
of something their ancesters had done some 400 years before? Are you
going to answer that or will you just keep stalling me?
Reverend G. R. Gaudreau
grgaud@bigfoot.com
http://campus.fortunecity.com/defiant/666/