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Re: matt's take
>From: "J. Marie Hall":
>hi matt and list,
>
>this was a fun post. you are _too much_ fun :)
Glad you enjoyed it, dear!
>matt wrote:
>
>Yep, but those people are fools! God loves violence?
>Wouldn't that
>make
>God evil? If God is evil, wouldn't we be screwed?
JM replied:
>-->well yeah :) but i'm going to play devil's
>advocate for fun: is violence inherently, 100% evil,
>biblically speaking or otherwise? if it were, would
>god so feasibly order that whole communities of men,
>women, children _and_ their animals be wiped out???
>and i doubt it was by lethal injection.
God is all about upholding righteousness. The unrighteous get punished.
Does a parent who spanks her brat deserve to be called a child abuser? If
the answer is "yes", the I guess God is a genocidal maniac. More than
likely, though, He's just givin' us a large- scale spankin' in the examples
you've cited. What doesn't kill you, (the species as a whole) makes you
stronger, ya now?
So, it's not that God loves violence God is a good parent. Did your mom
ever spank you? Did she also used to sneak out at night with a choice piece
of cutlery tucked under her trenchcoat? See my point?
Okay, I've got no more time for goofy pseudo-intellectualizin'. With
apologies to Dan in Michigan, I've gotta get ready for w-o-r-k. :-(
Later,
Matt
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