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Cutegal said:I'm not religious but its upsetting to see some peoples faiths torn apart in some of the more angry posts in here.
what have these people ever done to you to get such contempt?
I have contempt for no person, but I approve of all. I disapprove of certain blasphemous ideas of God, including the idea that he would punish certain of his created children for all of eternity because we have sinned against his holiness. This is something that even the most evil human would shrink back from doing, yet we ascribe this to a god who we call good. This is blasphemy.
I agree with George MacDonald who said: "From all copies of Jonathan Edwards's portrait of God [the holy God of Calvinist Christianity whose holiness requires retributive satisfaction], however faded by time, however softened by the use of less glaring pigments, I turn with loathing. Not such a God is he concerning whom was the message John heard from Jesus, that he is light, and in him is no darkness at all."
But I certainly don't hold contempt for Calvinists -- I was one for 25 years!