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Omniscient means he knows the future. Do you deny this is a property of god? If so that makes you different than most Christians I deal with.
Do you think god is all powerful as well? What do you believe about god?
I'm asking you and not the bible because I find pretty much every christian will disagree on the bible. If you believe god is all powerful and all knowing then you believe in an evil dictator, no doubt.
Do you believe god set evolution in motion or that we were created as we appear today? Different Christians struggle with this point. Please, don't use a no true Scotsman fallacy to say others are not true Christians. Someone who professes faith that Jesus died for them is a Christian, whatever else they may attach to the title.
If god is giving a infinite punishment for a finite crime of disbelief, then he still is an evil dictator. If he punishes for not believeing something on blind faith (ie. no proof) he still is an evil dictator, no matter the punishment. If he punishes because we are his flawed creation, shouldn't he also take blame for being the creator? If he is or is not a competent designer, surely he should take full blame. Either it was a mess up or he intentionally built us to fail. No need for the all knowing or all powerful traits here. The god of the bible is a monster.
By the way, I was a Christian and have read the bible cover to cover. Not only have I studied the Bible, but I've also studied the history of the church. I no longer found the apologetics convincing, and if I was going to be honest with myself, I was going to have to give up Christianity. You have yet to give an argument, instead saying you don't agree with my points against one brand of Christian and that I should ask a real Christian (ie. true Scotsman). This is not really a good way to convince someone.
Do you think god is all powerful as well? What do you believe about god?
I'm asking you and not the bible because I find pretty much every christian will disagree on the bible. If you believe god is all powerful and all knowing then you believe in an evil dictator, no doubt.
Do you believe god set evolution in motion or that we were created as we appear today? Different Christians struggle with this point. Please, don't use a no true Scotsman fallacy to say others are not true Christians. Someone who professes faith that Jesus died for them is a Christian, whatever else they may attach to the title.
If god is giving a infinite punishment for a finite crime of disbelief, then he still is an evil dictator. If he punishes for not believeing something on blind faith (ie. no proof) he still is an evil dictator, no matter the punishment. If he punishes because we are his flawed creation, shouldn't he also take blame for being the creator? If he is or is not a competent designer, surely he should take full blame. Either it was a mess up or he intentionally built us to fail. No need for the all knowing or all powerful traits here. The god of the bible is a monster.
By the way, I was a Christian and have read the bible cover to cover. Not only have I studied the Bible, but I've also studied the history of the church. I no longer found the apologetics convincing, and if I was going to be honest with myself, I was going to have to give up Christianity. You have yet to give an argument, instead saying you don't agree with my points against one brand of Christian and that I should ask a real Christian (ie. true Scotsman). This is not really a good way to convince someone.