Christians: Is God a “just” god, or a “merciful” god?

Christians: Is God a “just” god, or a “merciful” god? Dec 20, 2018 4:00:02 GMT captainbryce likes this

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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 4:00:02 GMT

Dec 20, 2018 1:51:37 GMT goz said:

So, basically what you are saying is that Christians want God to be BOTH

1. subject to the human concept of justice and doling it out
2. for God to be beyond human understanding so inherently 'outside laws of human justice' so Christians have to put up with whatever their omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient power meets out!

Well I'd add "many christians" rather than just "christians" because they're a varied bunch.

But of course they want it both ways. If god heals a sick person, nobody has any hesitation in making value judgments about how great he is and what a fantastic thing he's done.

But if he murders the first born of Egypt, then those same people will tell you that god can't be judged by human standards, or his actions can't be understood by us. Those are two utterly contradictory positions, but you can see the same people saying both, often in the same conversation.