tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post4755268287172430977..comments2023-12-11T06:02:28.864-05:00Comments on The Wise Fool: God: The BeastTWFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016277303703254572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post-20073613279201530042009-03-29T21:00:00.000-04:002009-03-29T21:00:00.000-04:00There are so many labels you could apply to God th...There are so many labels you could apply to God that it may be best to say God has multiple personality disorder...TWFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016277303703254572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post-76193950578638474672009-03-29T15:15:00.000-04:002009-03-29T15:15:00.000-04:00Lets face it, only ,Molech,Baal or [Satan,gods gam...Lets face it, only ,Molech,Baal or [Satan,gods gambling opponent]could have handled the Pharaoh and Egypt in like manner.[oops!, I forgot this a monotheism where "the" God speaks of other gods but we're only supposed to believe in one!]God just needed to use the Egyptians to fulfill prophesy.They were just disposable tools..... and some entertainment for a twisted individual.I wouldn't call him a beast though, he more fits the bill of psychopath. I sometimes wonder if God had a wager on this event. This is my take. God: "This son of a bitch is so stubborn, I say it takes 10 plagues before he lets them go" Satan: "Nah, he's a stupid weak,human , I wager 7 plagues" and in the bubble over Gods head it says<BR/>"not if I harden his heart,heh-heh-heh!"false profitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post-88580256231523496552009-03-20T10:26:00.000-04:002009-03-20T10:26:00.000-04:00Thanks Nate! For me, Exodus truly killed the God ...Thanks Nate! For me, Exodus truly killed the God which I had learned about in Sunday School and church services, and a new image of God was forged in my mind. This new image, the true Christian God, was a god to be feared.<BR/><BR/>You are all too correct in suggesting that this display of God's characters is an affront to the philosophy that God is love. <BR/><BR/>It's true that a good father will need to punish his children from time to time because of his love for them and the desire to see them become good people. However, a good father will never relish the punishment and will always allow for repentance from the child. What we see in God in Exodus is far from what we would consider good parenting from the Heavenly Father.TWFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016277303703254572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post-40694270240241199692009-03-20T09:37:00.000-04:002009-03-20T09:37:00.000-04:00Wow, I must say that your title was a bit forward ...Wow, I must say that your title was a bit forward (even for me) until I read your cat analogy and realized that you are absolutely right. God hardening Pharaoh's heart had always been a problematic passage for me, but as in all problems in the Bible, I quickly swept it aside in order to continue living in "faith".<BR/><BR/>What is amazing to me is that, while passages like this clearly teach about the character of the God of the Bible, Christians will often have "faith" that it is not true.<BR/><BR/>For example, take the current banner of "God is love". That statement may be true of Jesus, but certainly not God the father. Yet, the "faith" that it is true continues despite God's evident lack of love for certain individuals and groups.<BR/><BR/>Good post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com