My god is a great and loving god....

[WillParkinson]

Really?

[Angry Dragon]

1. I was told that the time is just not right

We have to wait until he/she decides it is time to slay Satan and protect their children

[beam me up scottie]

2. Because he thinks we deserve to suffer and die?

Many of his followers believe the same thing.

[trotsky]

9. Yes, that.

There are cults that think human suffering is a GOOD thing. That notion is repulsive.

[progressoid]

3. Dr. Carson, Gov Fuckabee etc can explain it.

Helps if you are heterosexual and American I think.

[n2doc]

4. Gawd's Luv is "Unknowable"

At least, that is the usual answer I get

[onager]

5. Oh, he's an AWESOME god...

Of all the puke-inducing, non-rhyming, tuneless, groveling, butt-kissing, generally loathsome songs in the "Xian Rock" genre, this Cleveland Steamer has to be one of the worst.

Rich Mullins apparently wrote it in about 5 minutes. Probably during an exorcism gone bad when the exorcisee had cleft Rich's skull open with a large crucifix and his few remaining brain cells fell out.

Which, of course, means that it's now a standard in the genre. Well, it does have the obligatory reference to Sodom. But other than that, it makes the Awesome God sound like a cranky pro wrestler on a losing streak.

Ladies and germs, I give you "Awesome God." Take it away, Rich! Far away, preferably some place like the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone:

When He rolls up His sleeves
He ain't just puttin' on the Ritz
(our God is an Awesome God)
There is thunder in His footsteps
And lightning in His fists
(our God is an Awesome God)
Well the Lord He wasn't jokin'
when He kicked 'em out of Eden
It wasn't for no reason that He shed His blood
His return is very close and so you better be believin'
That our God is an Awesome God

Our God (our god) is an Awesome God
He Reigns (he reigns) from heaven above
With Wisdom (with wisdom) pow'r and love
Our God is an Awesome God

When the sky was starless in the void of the night
(our god is an awesome god)
He spoke into the darkness and created the light
(our god is an awesome god)
Judgement and wrath He poured out on Sodom
Mercy and grace He gave us at the cross
I hope that we have not too quickly forgotten that
Our God is an Awesome God

[Act_of_Reparation]

10. I was just thinking the same thing.

Fuck, what an awful song.

[AlbertCat]

6. "the World"

to most religious people...and indeed to the authors and devisers of the original religions.... is they own back yard and little else.

[DetlefK]

7. What Jesus said to Lucifer in the desert:

Lucifer: "Prove that you are God's son by turning stones into bread."

JC: "It doesn't work that way. Creating bread would be futile because man also needs spiritual nourishment."

Lucifer: "Fine. Proof that you are God's son by tricking him into performing a miracle. Let's say, by saving you when you jump off a roof."

JC: "It doesn't work that way. Testing God is against the rules."

Lucifer: "Tell you what: Come to my side and you get a welcome-present."

JC: "Fuck off!"



And according to the Bible this exchange means that JC triumphed over the devil.

[Arugula Latte]

8. Mysterious ways/there's a plan/ours is not to know ... blah blah blah.

Really, they've got nothing.

Monotheism is brutal. You've gotta worship a sociopath.

[olddots]

11. Jesus loves me ...this I know

Cuzz the bible yells me so .