Posted by Dr. Bob on January 21, 2014, at 4:05:16
In reply to Lou's repy- The Hsiung-Pilder discussion-wytzuhpdk, posted by Lou Pilder on January 20, 2014, at 10:58:36
> > The shield of faith does not stop stones thrown at me here. ... What the shield of faith does do, is to shield me from having hatred infused into me by others.
OK, I misunderstood. It protects you from hate, but not from hurt.
> E. something else
My current idea is:
I won't post a repudiation of the first part. If you want to, that's fine. If you chose to let the first part stand, that's fine, too.
I won't exactly post a repudiation of the second part, either. I'll address whether saying a God might impose treacherous forms of slavery would be putting down that God. I'm not sure it would be. I don't see saying God imposed suffering on Job as putting down God. Is a treacherous form of slavery so different? It's not clear to me that it is.
Bob
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