Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIf Sodom and Gomorrah were real. How bad were they that god had to come down and smite them? Are they any comparison to today's society?message-squaremessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down18
arrow-up1-3arrow-down1message-squareIf Sodom and Gomorrah were real. How bad were they that god had to come down and smite them? Are they any comparison to today's society?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 days agoDo we assume that God is (and always was) a reasonable person/being who only punishes people for good reason and in appropriate measure? Because the bible doesn’t quite paint that picture to me.
minus-squareDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoLets say for the sake of current discussion that he is? Than we can discuss if he was not…that ok?
minus-squareSolumbran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoIf you assume that god follows reason and morals, and is as described in the bible, then he’s horrible and evil and is basically Satan but worse. So there’s not really any discussion.
Do we assume that God is (and always was) a reasonable person/being who only punishes people for good reason and in appropriate measure? Because the bible doesn’t quite paint that picture to me.
Lets say for the sake of current discussion that he is? Than we can discuss if he was not…that ok?
If you assume that god follows reason and morals, and is as described in the bible, then he’s horrible and evil and is basically Satan but worse.
So there’s not really any discussion.