Post by gadreel on Jun 19, 2019 23:23:25 GMT
The creators of the bible were many, I have said previously many times that I interpret each book seperately and I believe that many books can be dismissed as written with the purpose of controlling men.
But lets look at this unfairness from a different angle.
The fact that we seem to be born into a world that is harsh and ultimately results in our death (at the time of the creation of the bible, likely a painful death) could certainly be seen to be be unfair, genesis explains that unfairness.
So the question is: is God unfair and so life is unfair, or is life unfair and so a portrayal of only that aspect of God will seem unfair. Bear in mind that the ultimate end goal of the bible is put up with this unfairness and God will reward you in paradise, something that focussing on this particular part of the bible conveniently ignores so that people can complain about how mean God is.
The fact that we seem to be born into a world that is harsh and ultimately results in our death (at the time of the creation of the bible, likely a painful death) could certainly be seen to be be unfair, genesis explains that unfairness.
So the question is: is God unfair and so life is unfair, or is life unfair and so a portrayal of only that aspect of God will seem unfair. Bear in mind that the ultimate end goal of the bible is put up with this unfairness and God will reward you in paradise, something that focussing on this particular part of the bible conveniently ignores so that people can complain about how mean God is.
Since, as we agree, that original sin is foundational to Christianity, it has to be taken into account when being asked to believe in the promised rewards.
(I wouldn't buy a house with a significant fault in its foundation.)
The observed fact is that we live in a world that is unfair and harsh, if you would not buy a house with those conditions (to use your analogy) then bad luck, this is the world you are in. Maybe you have a better way of explaining it, but if there is a creator God who made everything as we see it, then some kind of fall from grace story that imbues us all with a burden seems like a pretty reasonable explanation.