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I might as well elaborate on this. I find the "mysterious ways" god and the "interventionist" god inherently contradictory.
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I think it all boils down to explaining evil in the world. Whenever something good happens by chance it's god's intentional doing. Whenever something evil happens by chance it's either man's fault or part of god's "mysterious" doings.
Of course all this could be avoided if Christians would just admit that god does evil (as well as good). Speaking theologically, if there is any blasphemy to be had it should be in believing in a god that does not exist. There is nothing in nature (or in the bible) that says that god is wholly good. But, instead of looking at reality and believing in the god that actually exists (both good and evil, or in the case of nature, indifferent) they choose to believe in a fictional god that only does good things.
A belief in one god means you must believe a god that does both good and evil. It's a consequence of monotheism. It's only if you believe in multiple gods that you can contemplate having a wholly good god. |
I thought they had an evil god named satan, that was just not as powerful as the regular god. |
But he must be at least as powerful as God, otherwise, why does he still exist, while thumbing his nose at Yahweh?
I bet he has some of those iron chariots!