You wrote: "If God had the power to flood the earth (not to mention creating it to begin with), why would you then claim that he would follow the laws of physics?
It's an illogical point. No one is claiming the flood was an entirely natural event. The entire claim is that it was an act of God."
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Thank you for making my point.
Noah's Flood is illogical from a theological and moral perspective. If God is so powerful as to create the Universe, surely He could have found a way to punish the bad people without having to kill innocent fetuses in pregnant women, without drowning innocent newborns and toddlers, without wiping out millions of innocent animals that had no stake in the argument, apparently in a fit of pique.
There are many who claim to have supernatural powers--psychics, palm readers, shamans, ... etc. I choose to think there is a natural, observable world that works according to well-established principles and understandings, and I reject the notion you seem to have of a Deity as "cosmic meddler" who constantly changes things on the basis of whim or pique.
You wrote: "Thank you for making my point.
Noah's Flood is illogical from a theological and moral perspective. If God is so powerful as to create the Universe, surely He could have found a way to punish the bad people without having to kill innocent fetuses in pregnant women, without drowning innocent newborns and toddlers, without wiping out millions of innocent animals that had no stake in the argument, apparently in a fit of pique.
There are many who claim to have supernatural powers--psychics, palm readers, shamans, ... etc. I choose to think there is a natural, observable world that works according to well-established principles and understandings, and I reject the notion you seem to have of a Deity as "cosmic meddler" who constantly changes things on the basis of whim or pique."
You've committed the same error twice. You're forcing your limitations into a area that has no limitations. You make assumptions about God's will and His actions, and base your conclusion off your own assumptions. You even go so far as to claim that God's actions were the result of whim, and not planned. You have no basis for that other than opinion. And you question other's faith?
Have you read the Bible to understand why God flooded the earth?
[without having to kill innocent fetuses in pregnant women,]
Please. Liberals use the term fetuses in place of the word babies so they don't have to admit they are guilty of killing children.
God is Soviergn. We are his creation and He can do with us as He wills.
On what basis do you charge that God owes fetuses or toddlers a long life?
On what basis do you charge that God owes the children of evil doers, a long life?
On what basis do you charge that God owed animals a long life?