By the way, the recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital will bring cheers from the death cult wing of the Evangelicals, who believe that this is a necessary step toward Armageddon. (Because of course, God would wait for Trump to do something before making a decision.)
No. God is much more clever than that. Also, cf. Job on why that hot take is inappropriate (TLDR God laughs at our attempts to interpret the universe morally).
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He tell you that via Deity-mail or Celestial-phone?
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Just sayin' If God wanted to punish us for the things we've done to this world, Putting Trump in charge of the Nation is a good way to go.
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That’s fair, and I know that’s what you meant. But I don’t believe in a malevolent God (or benevolent for that matter). And I’d like to see it more as a bad joke than a punishment, but perspective is everything!
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Your choice to believe so, Me, I think there is a God and a Just one at that .. And at some point, we will have to answer for ALL our actions.
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So we get two scoops of punishment? Yeah, I am more of a Spinozist, so this talk of a personal God with feelings/desires/petty need for revenge is an anthropomorphization of our own failings and strivings for perfection.
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Again, your choice to think that. I believe that if you reek havoc on God's creation as we have done for so long, you will incur the punishment of the owner of this creation. It's not petty revenge, it is justice.
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Yes but what you are ascribing to God has rational explanations that come from the immanence of our actions bearing fruit, rather than the transcendence of a willed reaction. Occam’s razor at this point.
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The two are not mutually exclusive. If you see a poor person, take a dollar and put it in his hand, was that your action? Yes. But what transpired around you to put you in at that moment in that position to make that decision?

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