You post with wonderful clarity. If we were to consider mlc9852, he "knows god for all of us", "he knows" who he hates, the whole of Truth, Beauty, and Love, and he will tell us mere mortals what is true. Who he hates is pretty clear.
I am not ready to accept a claim from believers that they know "God's Will" unless they provide God's email address. I suspect that claimants want to wrap 'godliness' around themselves for personal benefit and social/political advantage.
So many scoundrels with tax-exempt agendas have used religion to promote their self interests. Follow the money.
Thanks for your kind words...
You made me laugh, with your reference to having Gods email address..that was a great line...and indeed a true line...
What you say is so true...many come on here, and claim that the Bible says, this and that...they are so sure that they, and only they know what the Bible says...what they seem to have a terrible time admitting to anyone, including themselves, is that what they believe the Bible is saying, is their own personal 'interpretation'....they do take offense at that word 'interpretation'...its as if, they really do think they are speaking for God...and of course, thats utter nonsense...
Those of us who read the Bible, who do have a relationship with Jesus Christ in our personal life, can read the very same Bible, and can come away with a totally different idea than someone else...of course that explains all the different flavors of Christianity...and explains all the various different very strong disagreements that occur right here on FR, on the religious threads...
No one on these threads, and I mean, absolutely no one, speaks for God, and knows Gods mind, and knows God with 100% complete accuracy...we are all trying to the best that we can...and when we read the Bible, we all come to the Bible, with our own life experiences, our own biases, and our own insight....and how we read and interpret what we read from the Bible, is influenced by these experiences, biases and insights...its a very human characteristic...
"I am not ready to accept a claim from believers that they know "God's Will" unless they provide God's email address. I suspect that claimants want to wrap 'godliness' around themselves for personal benefit and social/political advantage."
I always think its funny that God always agrees with the opinions of his worshipers :). Have you ever heard from a religious person who thinks God disagrees with their belief system?