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In reply to the discussion: So question: how can Christians support the death penalty since the Prince of Peace [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)and find it a pretty huge mess, a mass of contradictions featuring a "god" who is pretty much a psycho. The Gospels of the NT are a bit better, but still contradictory and ethically troubling. Jesus would have won more points with me if instead of saying (if he said it) "Slaves, obey your masters." He had said "Masters, free your slaves.".
If there is a god and he wishes me, or anyone else to follow his teachings then he needs to bloody well manifest his ass in person, in an undeniable god-like manner to the entire world, and tell us the rules. In any given week I can find a dozen different people claiming to speak for "God", all with different instructions, mostly conflicting.
Imagine if as a child, you never saw your parents. People told you they existed and they loved you, and that there were notes all over your refrigerator in different handwriting and languages, each with an instruction/rule on how to live your life. Now imagine there was an endless stream of people showing up on your doorstep telling you they had spoken to your folks, and each one of them bore a message, but the messages were disjointed, contradictory and some just plain weird and disturbing.
Personally, I would be on the phone to Child Protective Services to have that parent arrested for child neglect.