favorite bible verses
... for nothing I haven't seen or talked about 100 times before.
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Oh, oh, can we do a round 2!
Which do you think is more likely?
A)
The infinitely powerful divine being, beyond time and all creation, is schizophrenic. Sometimes commanding and showing endless compassion and love, but then sometimes commanding and showing senseless death and hatefulness.
or
B)
The world is a fundamentally chaotic place, and so over the years, when we kept making things up about God, we ended up needed him to be a little bit of everything from time to time, even if that meant the overall picture became contradictory.
We have already established that we don't want an argument so we will not discuss. And we like Mr woo woo.
... for nothing I haven't seen or talked about 100 times before.
Is the end of that sentence.
No. Prepare for the woo woo

“One day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, the satan also came among them. The Lord said to the satan, “Where have you been?” Then the satan answered the Lord and said, “Roaming the earth and patrolling it.” The Lord said to the satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him, blameless and upright, fearing God and avoiding evil.” The satan answered the Lord and said, “Is it for nothing that Job is God-fearing? Have you not surrounded him and his family and all that he has with your protection? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock are spread over the land. But now put forth your hand and touch all that he has, and surely he will curse you to your face.” The Lord said to the satan, “Very well, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on him.” So the satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. The First Trial. One day, while his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother,”…. …“Then Job arose and tore his cloak and cut off his hair. He fell to the ground and worshiped. He said, “Naked I came forth from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I go back there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord!” In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with wrong.” The book of Job
“For I long to see you, that I may share with you some spiritual gift so that you may be strengthened, that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by one another’s faith, yours and mine. I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, though I was prevented until now, that I might harvest some fruit among you, too, as among the rest of the Gentiles. For I am not ashamed of the gospel. It is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: for Jew first, and then Greek. For in it is revealed the righteousness of God from faith to faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous by faith will live.” Punishment of Idolaters. The wrath of God is indeed being revealed from heaven against every impiety and wickedness of those who suppress the truth by their wickedness. For what can be known about God is evident to them, because God made it evident to them. Ever since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes of eternal power and divinity have been able to be understood and perceived in what he has made. As a result, they have no excuse;”
Romans 1:11-13, 16-20
Oh, right, we're supposed to talk about the Bible verses that speak to us.
In that case I really like Deuteronomy 14:21
Whenever I'm tempted to boil a baby goat in its mother's milk, I always think back to when God addressed this very subject. It really appeals to my bronze-age, desert-wanderer sensibilities.
Romans 1:11-13, 16-20
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This specifically is was I meant to convey
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Oh, oh, can we do a round 2!
Which do you think is more likely?
A)
The infinitely powerful divine being, beyond time and all creation, is schizophrenic. Sometimes commanding and showing endless compassion and love, but then sometimes commanding and showing senseless death and hatefulness.
or
B)
The world is a fundamentally chaotic place, and so over the years, when we kept making things up about God, we ended up needed him to be a little bit of everything from time to time, even if that meant the overall picture became contradictory.