tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post116285046466593413..comments2023-12-01T18:05:24.875-05:00Comments on Debunking Christianity: Evaluating the Evidence for the Resurrection, Part 2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-1163342200572263722006-11-12T09:36:00.000-05:002006-11-12T09:36:00.000-05:00Pride presumes that God, Himself suffers from this...Pride presumes that God, Himself suffers from this condition. He does not have pride which makes it difficult to understand His motivation as opposed to what motivates us. I do not understand the issue you mentioned in item #3 but in #4 there is a presumption that Jesus might need to be pretentious to prove His authority. God does not stigmatize the truth or regard it as a lack of knowledge as you have suggested some may regard. Jesus's statement that he does not know the exact time is honest and an acknowledgement of God's freedom of choice. We want to have freedom and actualization for ourselves but we hold God to a double standard - a hypocritical perspective. We cannot get true freedom, love & life from a rigid legal or mathematical code or by stigmatizing the truth. We need a visual aid of the spiritual world to know how to love with grace and mercy and compassion inspite of our shortcomings and we need to know we are loved even if everyone around us does not. It is God's loving spirit that sets us free to bond with Him (a free but loving spirit - not wreckless or arrogant). Some here have written that believers are delusional but even by psychological scales, the standard measure of a self-actualized person includes spiritual experience. God is innocent - we are well loved. It's difficult to understand what motivates Jesus - we aren't like Him - He gave up every hint of an ulterior motive and yet He challenged the very core of our territorial mindsets. We don't think of mutuality when it comes to perceiving God -we try to judge a gracious God using a standard of pride. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com