Of what worth is your God?

@suzianne said
FMF: "... does Ghost of a Duke's hypothetical make any moral sense to you?"

KJ: "From a purely humanistic way sure, but bottom line that makes it one of complete failure, scripturally speaking. A good God one who is just, righteous, purely good without any taint of evil within, nothing corrupt in it, could accept anything not good that was evil and wicked. Allowing evi ...[text shortened]... perfect would never be anything but perfect."

Funny, this looks exactly like an answer to me.

He was asked how it makes sense to him and he just prevaricated by saying it makes sense ... but it also doesn’t make sense.

If you had a shred of forum honesty in you, you would see that.

@kellyjay said
He asks questions and refuses to look at the answers, and asks them again and again.

I’ve never seen anyone in here dodge questions like you do.

Add to that that you don’t even have the common decency to reply directly to me, and what’s left. Not much.

@suzianne said
Funny, this looks exactly like an answer to me.

You mustn't have been following the conversation.

@kellyjay said
He asks questions and refuses to look at the answers, and asks them again and again.

Your spammy blocks of recited doctrine have been INSTEAD of an answer. You seem paralyzed by your pride. If you said something you cannot explain, just say so.

@kellyjay said
You believe every word Jesus said?

As a way of avoiding admitting that his assertion that "no scriptural backing for such a belief...that people are or can be good enough to be accepted by such a God" was wrong, KJ opted for the ad hom wrapped in a red herring.

And so it goes...

@thinkofone said
As a way of avoiding admitting that his assertion that "no scriptural backing for such a belief...that people are or can be good enough to be accepted by such a God" was wrong, KJ opted for the ad hom wrapped in a red herring.

And so it goes...

He asked you a valid question.

That's what happens in forum.

@fmf said
Your spammy blocks of recited doctrine have been INSTEAD of an answer. You seem paralyzed by your pride. If you said something you cannot explain, just say so.

One of your problems is that you fail to see that doctrine is doctrine, because they do answer thorny questions in life. You are a backsliding Christian by your own admission and call yourself something else now. You are a backslider because you left a faith, what you call yourself now is completely up to you, but by doctrine you are defined as a backslider among other things.

Nothing about my answers reside in my pride, again doctrine says I'm a sinner and in need of a savior who I have accepted in Jesus Christ. You have repeatedly said that you want to be defined by what you want to be called, and you being the sole source of truth in your life demands this. I don't happen to think I am the sole source of truth in my life, the universe, and neither are you though your pride suggests otherwise.

@kellyjay said
One of your problems is that you fail to see that doctrine is doctrine, because they do answer thorny questions in life. You are a backsliding Christian by your own admission and call yourself something else now. You are a backslider because you left a faith, what you call yourself now is completely up to you, but by doctrine you are defined as a backslider among other thing ...[text shortened]... source of truth in my life, the universe, and neither are you though your pride suggests otherwise.

If a Hindu left their faith and became a Christian, would they also be classed as a backslider?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
If a Hindu left their faith and became a Christian, would they also be classed as a backslider?

Why wouldn't they to the Hindu faith?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
He asked you a valid question.

That's what happens in forum.

Evidently GoaD is so dim-witted that he thinks that an ad hom wrapped in a red herring constitutes a "valid question". Or he's trolling as usual.

At least his second comment is correct: THIS is what happens in this forum.

@kellyjay said
Why wouldn't they to the Hindu faith?

So you accept all religions are equal?!

@ghost-of-a-duke said
So you accept all religions are equal?!

Depending on how you define religion yes!

Even Christianity if all it is, is just another religion it is no different than any other.

The thing that separates it from everything else is Jesus Christ, not the Jesus Christ who is only between the ears of those that don't know Him, but the real Jesus Christ the Son of the Most High God. People have argued here on what the definition of a Christian is, but all of our definitions reduce it to nothing more than the next religion. The separation comes through Jesus Christ who was, is, and always will be.

@kellyjay said
One of your problems is that you fail to see that doctrine is doctrine, because they do answer thorny questions in life. You are a backsliding Christian by your own admission and call yourself something else now. You are a backslider because you left a faith, what you call yourself now is completely up to you, but by doctrine you are defined as a backslider among other thing ...[text shortened]... source of truth in my life, the universe, and neither are you though your pride suggests otherwise.

Putting aside what you personally believe is "the reality of God" based on your "doctrine is doctrine" approach, you were asked if Ghost of a Duke's hypothetical makes any moral sense to you and you said yes. Explain.

Please explain the way and extent it makes sense to you.

This is not a question where saying "doctrine is doctrine" is an answer.

The question is about your moral sensibilities.

You conceded that Ghost of a Duke' hypothetical makes some moral sense.

Can you say why?

@kellyjay said
You are a backsliding Christian by your own admission and call yourself something else now. You are a backslider because you left a faith, what you call yourself now is completely up to you, but by doctrine you are defined as a backslider among other things.

Bandying about the word "backslider" is just dodging. The question you are desperately trying to sidestep is being posed by an agnostic atheist.

@fmf said
Putting aside what you personally believe is "the reality of God" based on your "doctrine is doctrine" approach, you were asked if Ghost of a Duke's hypothetical makes any moral sense to you and you said yes. Explain.

Please explain the way and extent it makes sense to you.

This is not a question where saying "doctrine is doctrine" is an answer.

The question is about ...[text shortened]... es.

You conceded that Ghost of a Duke' hypothetical makes some moral sense.

Can you say why?

Please, when you get asked a question do put aside everything you know or believe to be true to answer the question? Give me a break, you got an answer, accept it or not.