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Double Standards?
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Whenever murder or some other appalling atrocity hits the headlines, the almost universal reaction is outrage and condemnation of the perpetrator, and from the religious - and in particular Christians - additional prayers and expressions of sorrow for the victims and their relatives. However, the God of Abraham murdered millions and - if his adherents are to be believed - he still (depending on the particular flavour of religion) promises death, damnation, or appalling and eternal torture to all dissidents – with not one word of condemnation from the faithful. How do they reconcile their acceptance of his behaviour and of this example of their blatant double standards?
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Being all-knowing and wise, God picks and chooses who, and how many, he lets die in a disaster. That's one of the tests of faith, that we should continue to believe in him in the face of such apparent illogicality, and the prayers of the faithful are answered when one brother 'miraculously' is found alive and survives when the other , not miraculously, is killed.
"Being all-knowing and wise, God picks and chooses who, and how many, he lets die in a disaster. That's one of the tests of faith, that we should continue to believe in him in the face of such apparent illogicality, and the prayers of the faithful are answered when one brother 'miraculously' is found alive and survives when the other , not miraculously, is killed."
Are you really saying that my only hope of survival in a disaster is all down to the number of people who will pray for me while I lie buried under piles of rubble?
Are you really saying that my only hope of survival in a disaster is all down to the number of people who will pray for me while I lie buried under piles of rubble?
Fred, consider this. a man who has been altruistic all his life, helping others with no wish for personal gain and attending church regularly, gets buried under the rubble alongside a cheating, philandering no-gooder who may well have murdered someone and got away with it. Unfortunately the decent chap has few living friends to pray for him while the no-good murderer has a plethora of friends on the blower to God.
Would any God of love save the murderer over the decent guy? That seems to be what you are saying.
Would any God of love save the murderer over the decent guy? That seems to be what you are saying.
Fred, I’m not talking about tests of faith or whom God picks or chooses – I’m talking about the double standards exhibited continually by the faithful. They hear about a dreadful crime or an appalling atrocity and immediately condemn the cruel/barbaric/sick perpetrator, assuring the victim and family that they will be prayed for. However, God is, among other things, a mass murderer – his record is there for anyone who cares to read it. If we are to believe the bible, he has done some truly terrible things all of which if committed by a human being would be rightly condemned at the very least as cruel, barbaric and sick – and still he threatens far worse to come for the non-believer – but his flock don’t turn a hair. What could be worse than subjecting a human being to eternal torment? How cruel, barbaric and sick is that?! Eternity!! Just think about it. Well, his previous crimes aside, that’s what he promises - but there is no condemnation and there is no disgust expressed by the people from whom the words ‘God Bless’ trip so lightly – and so regularly. Why? Where are their principles?
