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To: Quester
The older son had issues which overshadow his honor and obedience ... for he that loveth not his brother ... loveth not God

And the younger son did? You must be joking!

As for the verses, don't forget the Flood and the Firstborn of Egypt, and the slaughters in Chronicles and the Kings. There is enough curelty in the Bible to write a spearate book on it.

We tend to ascribe to God things God really has nothing to do with. That son could have done an honorable thing: pay back his squandered money, ask his father for forgiveness and throw a party for his father and his brother. I am sure God would not have been 'offended.'

10,727 posted on 02/16/2007 3:37:18 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50
We tend to ascribe to God things God really has nothing to do with. That son could have done an honorable thing: pay back his squandered money, ask his father for forgiveness and throw a party for his father and his brother. I am sure God would not have been 'offended.'

Do you think God was offended as it was ?

Do you not think that He presented the parable in the way that He wished ?

10,731 posted on 02/16/2007 4:18:21 PM PST by Quester
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