Anonymous asked: I'm saying we don't know that you're not. Dogs feel guilt, not to a human level, but that's a matter of evolutionary heirarchy. Why would such a great, omniscient god need sacrifice of a loved one to prove that he's loved. Is god a little insecure? Why without god would you be dead at fifteen? Man is evil, made in god's image then? Corrupted by a talking snake I presume? Poppycock. You don't know anything comes after death. Not criticizing all Christian action, but what about HIV/AIDS prevention
If you would like to provide me with scientific research that proves your theory, I’d be happy to read it. Otherwise, you’re clutching at straws my friend. God is not insecure, not did He need the sacrifice of Isaac to feel loved. In my understanding, He did it to show Abraham that he needed to trust God with everything, even his family.
Without God, yes, I would’ve died at fifteen. The overdoses I took, the malnourishment I put my body through, the alcohol I consumed, the situations I put myself in, they all would’ve caused my death if God hadn’t stepped in. No, I don’t have a miraculous story of healing, although I have friends who do. No, I don’t have a story about seeing angels, but I have friends who do. No, God didn’t stop me from being hurt in those situations, but He stopped me from dying. Several different doctors have told me that they don’t understand, from what they know of my past, how I’m not dead already or dying from liver and kidney failure. The pain I suffered in those situations has merely served to reinforce the knowledge of exactly how close to death I came, and how much the Lord has saved me from.
Man is evil; given the choice between spending eternity in the Garden with God or being like God, they chose to strive to be like God and in doing so, sinned. It’s interesting actually, if you read the passage carefully, the argument that women are weaker because we sinned first and therefore caused the fall of the human race is a fallacy. But I shan’t go into that now.
What about HIV/AIDS prevention? I am aware that the Catholic Church has had some….controversial stances on the topic, but surely you know by now that not all denominations of Christianity are the same, and to tar us all with the same brush would be an injustice similar to tarring all Germans with the same brush as Hitler. Just because we’re all followers of Christ doesn’t mean that we agree on certain topics.
In Christ.
Kat.
