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Originally Posted by Comatoserocker
Ok, I admit, I don't know that much about platypuses ...I don't really know... I suppose.... why not do that? ...
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Dear person,
I
do feel for you. This
IS the problem. You don't really
know but you fill in the gaps with what you
feel is right. It is
very good that you look for verses about
God's Love and I'm sure they are verses you like tremendously. I like them, as well. But the
Bible is a Book of incredible richness, it contains
much more. It contains also many things about the Fate of those who fail to follow
God's Word in every aspect. At the moment you're trying to make it your show by concentrating on the things
you love and cherish.
This is called
confirmation bias.
It is the same for
Spiritual education and for
Creation Science. When you find something that fits your preconceptions, you concentrate on that instead of looking fervently for data that opposes your convictions. It is so easy to disregard all that and stay complacent.
God loves. God hates. God decides (Exodus 3:14).
Romans 9:13
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Malachi 1:3
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
God Created Esau (by proxy) but hated him. We don't question. We
accept.
As for the platypus. You don't really know much about it, do you? Just that it is
cute and
adorable. Actually, the males are
venomous. They have
spurs on their hind limbs. Their
poison is strong stuff: enough to make a grown man
whine in pain in expectation of worse things in
Hell (Matthew 8:12). The platypus
is cute but it is
much more. You're desecrating it and
God's Creation by disregarding its whole being. It is
cute and it is
fearsome and it is
vermin and it is a
graceful aquatic beast. You treat the Bible the same way when you disregard its totality.
You refer to
Ecclesiastes on another thread. It is a Book of
totality, of
accepting the dark and the light that were both Created by God. The return of
Christ will be a Tremendous manifestation of scorching
Love that leaves most of its victims writhing in
Hell (Matthew 8:12). It is
Love but the whole concept of that
Love is still totally alien to you.
When you say "I don't know" you could say "I'm going to find out!". Both in Creation science and regarding the
Bible.
I'll be happy to discuss with you further
when you show some promise of filling your gaps instead of just looking for confirmation for your feelings.
Yours in Christ,
Elmer