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To: grey_whiskers

So God doesn't mind watching torture, even of his own son, but if you pray to him and ask that you get your taxes paid on time, or that he ease your stress because the kids are being too loud, he is likely to answer those type of prayers? Yeah, nice try.


591 posted on 06/23/2006 10:42:27 AM PDT by SaveUS
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To: SaveUS
So God doesn't mind watching torture, even of his own son, but if you pray to him and ask that you get your taxes paid on time, or that he ease your stress because the kids are being too loud, he is likely to answer those type of prayers? Yeah, nice try.

I never made either of those claims, so taxing me with them is pointless. My original point several posts back was that your theology was considerably simplified even compared to the rudiments of Christian teaching, and therefore germane to it.

And the point about watching His Son die is simply that the Cross as the recognized symbol of Christianity points out that God is not indifferent to suffering, having gone beyond the call of duty to experience life as a peasant in a country under military occupation, betrayal by a friend, a kangaroo court, torture, and death.

Cheers!

605 posted on 06/23/2006 11:49:56 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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