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“God has mercy upon those whom He has mercy and He hardens those whom He hardens”

My “pablum” as you put it is for babies, but the sour meat you seem to have eaten would kill the meekest and poison the strongest.

Does not the Scriptures say we should come as a child?

“The Parable of the Pebble and the Pond” is not theology as such but the truth in that, “It's not what is done to you, but how you respond to it”

Why do your eyes and ears see this truth as coming from the “pit” and not from heaven above?

"My “pablum” as you put it is for babies, but the sour meat you seem to have eaten would kill the meekest and poison the strongest.

Does not the Scriptures say we should come as a child?"

Part I: Whether it would kill the meek and poison the strong is of no consequence. Whether it is true is monumental. The fact you resist this tells us part of the problem with your story.

Part II: No, the Scriptures say, those whom God draws will come to Him and will be raised up on that day. John 6. But the "everyone is welcome and will be cared for" is both errant and the worst kind of poison. Pat their heads while they fall off the cliff and see if they appreciate your buttery words.

Those of us who revere the Book will continue to say, the story is not your Reader's Digest religion but the exercise of the will of the Holy God of Israel. Sometime read the story itself instead of stories about the story. The sword is drawn, the fullness of the Gentiles is almost complete, the Lion of Judah is at the gate. Repentence is real time/space/history gift...not eastern mysticism.