Christ spoke in parables so as to avoid speaking the plain Truth to those who as yet had no Truth in them-so that the Truth might be revealed in "secret" to those not yet taught by their own understanding.
What say you all?
2007-12-19 12:12:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If God would reveal Himself so that everyone could know where He was, no one would be wicked for fear of punishment.
What say you all?
2007-12-19 12:14:47 · update #1
This "goodness'" however, would not be from the love of right, nor from the love in their hearts which alone is life - but only out of fear of punishment.
Thus the "motive" of goodness would be destroyed.
We would be "good" because we would be afraid to be bad.
The motive for the good behavior would be fear and the selfish preservation of life - not the love of Truth
The Truth thus "laid bare" would make us afraid and render us unable to enter into Truth in the right spirit, robbing it of its value.
What say you all?
(note: religious Christian does not know the God they professed and confessed and that the Devil's scheme to confuse and confound and waylaid those searching souls - majority are atheists I supposed!)
What say you all?
2007-12-19 12:19:52 · update #2
It's a creative explanation for why the bible seems so un-god like.
2007-12-19 12:15:54 · answer #1 · answered by Morey000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the plain truth can work well for people that already know it, but parables and stories to get a point across can stay in the mind and reveal itself when able to understand. Is it a Hindu or Buddhist phrase that says the teacher/guru will arrive when you are ready?
2007-12-19 12:18:43 · answer #2 · answered by madruk7 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's been proved that the death penalty is not a deterrent for crime. To think that god revealing himself people wouldn't be wicked is greatly underestimating men. After all, just THINKING something bad is considered a sin.
2007-12-19 12:17:43 · answer #3 · answered by punch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Will you quit embarressing us Christians!? You're not acting like Jesus at all! You're supposed to be patient and understanding!
2007-12-19 12:15:44 · answer #4 · answered by Heartfire 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I say you are a foolish person with no understanding of christianity. and are one of those christians that me and my pagan friends take great joy in useing as a compareison for how we are more " christian" in our behavor
2007-12-19 12:17:50 · answer #5 · answered by stacy o 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No one wants to read what you have to babbler about. Let it go and move on with your life. What little pathetic life you must have but still go on with it.
2007-12-19 12:17:31 · answer #6 · answered by Doom 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋