Post by CoolJGS☺ on Mar 6, 2017 21:53:02 GMT
You only have to look at the garden of eden story, the moral of which is "stay ignorant and do as you're told".
The god of the bible acts in an authoritarian manner - and yet the book contains no moral basis for god's alleged authority whatsoever.
As I said, I don't know why you wouldn't think the B option is norm in Christianity unless you don't know Christianity.
That said, I'm also saying a spanking to punish bad behavior is not an uncommon thing from & to moral people in the good old days. Unless we could separate the cause and effect, then it is entirely possible spankings help associate wrongdoing with morality. It's not like they're permanent or anything.
The Garden of Eden example is the type of false analogy my sentence addresses. You continue to pretend that morality boils down to punishment or reward as if there are no reasons, rewards, or responsibilities in between which is silly unless you haven't read Scripture and then it's just ignorance. Adam and Eve knew their purpose, had or would have dominion over the entire planet, and you pretend that avoiding something that was dangerous to them was keeping them ignorant. Why?
Questions WERE asked, right in this thread. The person they were asked of ran away, demonstrating the truth of the thread title.
For that matter, up to now your only offering towards me is "no christian ever says that", which is patently untrue.
That's a blatantly false accusation backed up by the first sentence I quoted.
All I'm saying is that one should not assume that all Christians think that way just because you have proof that some are that way. We are not the BORG.
Like so many others, you spend far more time thinking (Incorrectly) about what kind a person you think a Christian is rather than being interested in their teachings. You are a smarter version of the OP so far.