[xzins]

God does kill.

Remember the rich man who wanted to build bigger and better barns? God said, "This night is thy soul required of thee."

Remember Jesus' friend, Lazarus, whom Jesus refused to heal so that Lazarus could die and then be resurrected so as to display God's purposes?

Remember Herod who gave a speech but did not honor God, so he was consumed with worms and died?

Remember Ananias & Sophira who lied to the Holy Spirit and were directly killed by God and fear came over the church?

Remember the Corinthians whom Paul says received communion in an unworthy manner and many became sick and died?

Need we speak of the martyrs, who cry to the Lord, but are told to rest until the full number of their brethren slain for the gospel are killed?

Since God has absolutely perfect foreknowledge, and since God is the originating cause of earth, the act of creation of the earth does mean that God created despite knowing that death and tragedy would be one of the by-products.

[P-Marlowe]

You left out the flood. But then kosta doesn't believe there was a flood.

You left out Sodom and Gomorrah. But then I trust that kosta doesn't believe in Sodom and Gomorrah.

You left out the murmering Israelites that God killed off. But then I trust that kosta doesn't believe in the Exodus.

Frankly I would have to assume that wherever the Bible speaks of God killing men that kosta assumes that the Bible is in error and that his own pre-conceived theology (which includes his belief that God doesn't kill) is more reliable than scripture.

I guess you can't argue with that kind of reasoning.

[hosepipe]

God KILLS?.. Actually nobody dies.. when the human body dies no one is KILLED.. Everybody lives forever.. A fact atheists won't face.. Every human that ever lived, still does, somewhere.. Cain still lives.. as does Hitler and Moses..

IF THEY DON'T we are ALL in a lot of trouble.. Lazarus proves they do as does Jesus.. If Jesus can remodel a human body as easy(and quickly) as he did with Lazarus and call Lazarus spirit to re-inhabit it.. Human death is a small thing.. except for the permanence OF IT..

Interesting concept... What IS death?...
Live DNA or dead DNA... Is DNA LIFE?...

[kosta50]

Remember the Corinthians whom Paul says received communion in an unworthy manner and many became sick and died?

No I don't remember. I wasn't there (neither were you). Truth is, many are receiving communion in unworthy manner and none to the best of my knowledge have become sick and died as a result.

One can only speculate that somehow this rule had to be suspended for fear Christians would exhibit mass extinction in record time...

Scaring people into compliance is not love. Love doesn't kill. Those we love we wish alive. Light does not produce darkness. Darkness does not produce light. Life begets life. Death begets death. Is God love? Is God death? Is God darknes? Is God Light. Does God change? Does God become death? Does He become darkness? Does He become hate?