netrox said:
But its no more than saying "I want you to do exactly as I say, but if you dont, I will beat you to a pulp, send you to the desert, refuse you water, and hope you have a miserable life for ignoring me."
Exactly.
Christians like CyberRed are cowards. They're so afraid they'll go to hell if they question God.
Its just something I have wondered all my life about.
For example if I had a child, lets say a daughter, a mothers love for her daughter is unquestionable, there is a great bond. I would love her through thick and thin and no one would question it. And god, as these people claim, is the most loving being to exist. So his love for his children, must be a much greater love than you or I could ever imagine.
So, lets say my daughter, defys me, curses my name, murders someone, does some of the most putrird horrible things I could think of, I would try to guide her, but I would never leave her side. I would never put her in harm, I would never refuse her water, I would love her unconditionally.
So this God, that everyone claims is so loving and loves his children so much, I just cant believe that anyone that loves anyone else would EVER do anything like the things that have been mentioned to anyone. No matter what they did, no matter how they defy them, no matter what goes on.
Unconditional love, is love with out any conditions or restrictions, it doesnt come and go, it doesnt leave when someone does something you dont like. You dont do those sorts of things to anyone you love.
So that is why I have a difficult time beliving in God, he sounds like the most hypocritical, dictator that I could possibly imagine.
He loves you, so long as you do exactly as he says, but if you defy him, you burn in an eternal hell.
Doesnt sound like any sort of man i want to worship.