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God is Mercy. [View all]
Sitting in traffic on the way to work staring at a Christian bumper sticker.
What does this phrase even mean?
Certainly these Christian gods are not applying their mercy powers in the real world, or if they are they are doing so arbitrarily while allowing innocents to experience intolerable suffering. The phrase is entirely problematic in that case, bringing forth all the problems of good and loving gods with the power to act in the world.
So then these gods express their mercy in the realm of the dead? Is Christianity a death cult? Never mind injustice and cruelty and disasters, the gods will make it right after you croak.
More than likely the Christian proudly displaying his faith on his bumper just thinks its a lovely sentiment.
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They way I understand it, "mercy" does not actually refer to mercy as we understand it.
DetlefK
Aug 2019
#1
Yeah there are no perfect gods.....In fact, this world responds as we would expect
Farmer-Rick
Aug 2019
#32
Here's the theology hidden in the parables. God is merciful only in the sense that there is
Karadeniz
Aug 2019
#28