um, one of the tennants of my faith as defined in the previously mentioned tale in genesis and the whole reason why the country is called "Israel"(one who wrestles with god), is that your supposed to question and attempt to understand god at every turn.
If god tells a jew to fly an airplane into a building, he'd better have a damn fine reason which he is willing to articulate immediatly, or no truely faithful jew would do it.
Originally posted by Darth Jello
um, one of the tennants of my faith as defined in the previously mentioned tale in genesis and the whole reason why the country is called "Israel"(one who wrestles with god), is that your supposed to question and attempt to understand god at every turn.
This is the best answer yet. Gold star to Darth Jello. 💃
read the Tanach/old testament. Killy McGee can do his own dirty work.
And herein we come to the contradiction of Islam. To be a Muslim you must submit to God's will but to maintain your identity as a human being (and therefore not sin against God's purpose by instilling humans with the ability to reason) you cannot have complete blind faith in anything. These two supposed contradictions need to be reconciled, which is extremely difficult in a faith that's so widespread but has no central authority.
Well, if we're getting into the "God doesn't change" thing, there's actually a word to describe it. I can't think of what that word happens to be at the moment, but there is a specific word I'm trying to think of.
Anyway.
God doesn't change, but it doesn't mean he has to do the same thing day-in and day-out.
Originally posted by FeceMan
Well, if we're getting into the "God doesn't change" thing, there's actually a word to describe it. I can't think of what that word happens to be at the moment, but there is a specific word I'm trying to think of.Anyway.
God doesn't change, but it doesn't mean he has to do the same thing day-in and day-out.
? When you think of the word, post it here. 😄
Originally posted by ChakraStrings
God wouldn't tell you to fly an airplane into a building anyways... that's just stupid.
He told Gideon to get rid of all but 300 of his men before attacking the Midianites. This, also, was just stupid. Telling someone to do something considered stupid is not outside the realm of the Biblical God.