tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684211.post115172895403958411..comments2023-07-02T15:01:41.135+01:00Comments on English Eclectic: The AtonementPaul Halsallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602075031268155220noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684211.post-1152246393972452212006-07-07T05:26:00.000+01:002006-07-07T05:26:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Nuala/Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671742615271591251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684211.post-1152245888176889262006-07-07T05:18:00.000+01:002006-07-07T05:18:00.000+01:00Hey there Paul!I don't necessarily buy into the wh...Hey there Paul!<BR/><BR/>I don't necessarily buy into the whole Christian theology, but I do agree that equating any sexual act (outside of procreative marriage) with the same degree of sinfulness as an act of murder is ridiculous. I do think there is evil in the world and I hope there is some kind of divine justice - but I don't know that I believe in it. At least not yet.<BR/>The idea of Christ as an apology is intriguing, but it still falls short of an explanation of why a "compassionate" god would allow some of the horrors that exist in the world. Oops! This world sucks, so I'll send my son down to be tortured as an apology?<BR/><BR/>Call me sometime, and take care of yourself.Nuala/Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671742615271591251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28684211.post-1152135305946311882006-07-05T22:35:00.000+01:002006-07-05T22:35:00.000+01:00Should you be so certain that a world without chan...Should you be so certain that a world without chance and suffering would be a better world? I don't think so. Of course, those who want to explain the existence of chance and the possibility of suffering as part of what allows the world to be good (NB: chance and suffering are not themselves necessarily good) will need to explain why it is usually thought that, in the Resurrection, chance and suffering will be absent. <BR/><BR/>Alternatively, one could dump all the theological nonsense and accept that either God does not exist, or he is a sick fuck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com