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by Cladvulk on November 11th, 2009
Who says He was "so wrathful" in Biblical times?
There's the story of the Flood in Genesis 7 -- which is also a story of God's faithfulness and mercy -- the story of the Sodom in Genesis 19 -- which is also a story of God's faithfulness and mercy -- and then there's the story of the 10 plagues of Egypt and the Red Sea victory in Exodus 1-15 -- which is Judaism's foundational story of God's faithfulness and mercy. But there's a lot more to the Bible and Biblical history than 17 chapters from the first 2 books. The rest of the OT is all about God's incredibly long-suffering patience and forebearance with Israel, and his mercy. Over the following 1000 years, only when Israel had gone too far for too long did God disciplines/chastises *Israel* for their sins IN ORDER TO BRING THEM BACK to righteousness and Godliness ... which is also a testimony to God's faithfulness and mercy. In fact, the most empassioned declarations of God's love and mercy are found in the OT. (Meanwhile, the entire doctrine of Hell and damnation comes out of the mouth of Christ Himself in the NT.)
As for now, who says God isn't wrathful (as well as patient and merciful) now? What do you think the Civil War was? (Read Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural and the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic: both recognized that the war was God's judgment on America for slavery.) What do you think World War I and II were? (God finally giving man over to the consequences of their sins of social Darwinism, imperialism, the cult of progress, and anti-Biblical Nietzchean beliefs - popular and endemic in all Europe and the Americas, not just Germany.) Whenever the world get's what's coming to it for its sins and hubris, that's God's "wrath" (and mercy) at work.
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by former member151654646 on March 25th, 2011
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Do you have to stop sinning in order to be saved?
by YourAverageJoe on December 15th, 2010
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Why is there inconsistency in the four gaspels, pertaining to the narrative of the resurrection, and which one is the right one?
by buttman on December 19th, 2010
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Do people choose their sins and indiscretions or did they inherit them from their ancestors?
by Anonymous on February 13th, 2011
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God needs blood to fix the world, but only his own has the magical power to do it. So did he give himself a body and then killed it? WTF?
by buttman on February 12th, 2011
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