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Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Yes, this is a God I would be proud to call my Lord. I would love him almost as much as he loved me.



I would be especially proud of my Old Testament God if, should I die, and my brother marries my widow, the Lord kills my brother for not getting my widow pregnant.


What a great and wonderful God.

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Originally posted by Surtur
But it actually didn't happen. The bible says the Earth was created in a very short time span. That is just the tip of the iceberg.

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Originally posted by Surtur
It would also mean God is a murderer.

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Originally posted by John Murdoch
[B]"If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." - Matthew 7:11-12

The purpose of Jesus giving "The Golden Rule" is to tell His followers to love others with a giving, proactive love, to treat people as they would want to be treated. Like any of God's commandments, God doesn't have to follow them Himself. For example:

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Originally posted by John Murdoch


"Why did God give us such fragile bodies?"
God did not originally: the bodies of Adam and Eve were immortal.

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Originally posted by Shakyamunison
The god of the bible is man-made, therefore he is a reflection of both good and bad, just like humans.

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Originally posted by John Murdoch
Which men made Him, if I might ask?

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Originally posted by Dark-Kenshin
Non-sequitur. God not living by his own golden rule would make him a hypocrite if we were to follow your argument to its conclusion. You offer no premise in support of the conclusion that God is therefore evil.Yes, it is irrefutable.

The golden rule as articulated by Jesus is "So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets."

Jesus was preaching to a crowd of people. Using your hyper-literary logic, the golden rule only applied that particular crowd of people and nobody else.

What's also articulated by Jesus and scripture is that God is the sole and divine judge over humanity.

https://www.lds.org/scriptures/tg/j...-judge?lang=eng

Therefore, God clearly has a role different than human beings and thus Jesus was referring to God's divine judgment/authority when he was discussing the golden rule.

To put it another way, kidnapping people is illegal in the United States. Kidnapping is defined as confining someone against their will in a place they do not wish to be in. The United States regularly confines people against their will in places they do not wish to be in by sending them to jail. Therefore, if we are to follow your reasoning, the United States is breaking the law for putting people in jail and should be punished.


Nope, not just because of what I just said above, but also because Jesus says no such thing. Read the actual verse before making a syllogism about it.