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Q: I feel Mainline Christianity is a reprehensible & revolting proposition to the logical, rational, morally responsible & spiritually sensitive heart & mind. It teaches that the vast majority of people made in God’s image—which the Bible says should never be disrespected or defaced—will be sadistically tortured in hell forever, even though Jesus allegedly made propitiation for them (turning aside the wrath of God against them) when he suffered the punishment for their sins, as their sacrificial substitute, on the cross, and thereby satisfied the holy justice of God on their behalf.  Double jeopardy? Premeditated genocide?  The larger reality of which we are an integrated part beckons us toward greater love, compassion & service. No judgment or condemnation. Only unconditional love. A: God is our Creator. Morals come from Him, from the attributes of God. That's one way in which we were made in the image of God. Man fell in Eden, so he only lives out a distorted...

Q: Is God bloodthirtsty?  A: No.  While some attempt to explain this, most dont fully explain it well.(1) Here is what needs to be understood: The issue has to do with "perfection". God is perfectly  holy and we as fallen ones lost perfection when Sin entered thru Adam. The focus [in answering a question like this] needs to be on explaining it from this lense.  All Sin = is crime against God. All sin is an assault on God's character and nature, as we as his creation were made in His Image and to live righteously. Since Adam lost that righteous nature at the Fall, we all only deserve death AND damnation (since 1. in eternity; after death, we cannot be in His presence. Though made to have a relationship, a fellowship with God, its impossible both while we are sinners AND after death). 2. God must, as a just Judge, punish criminals.  When this is understood rightly, not only does it have to be punished eternal (since we are eternal beings), but beca...

Q: What kind of God is this?? In the Bible He commands a follower to: KILL adulterers (Lev 20:10) KILL all witches (Ex22:18) KILL all blasphemers (Lev 24:14) KILL false prophets (Zech 13:3) KILL fortune tellers (Lev 20:27) KILL anyone who sins (Ezek 18:4) Kill the curious (1Sam 6:19,20) KILL all non-Hebrews (Dt 20:16,17) KILL sons of sinners (Isa 14:21) KILL non-believers (2Chron 15:12,13) KILL anyone who curses God (Lev 24:16) KILL any child who hits a parent (Ex 21:15) KILL children who disobey parents (Dt 21:20) KILL those who work on the Sabbath (Ex 31:15) KILL disobedient children (Ex 21:17) (Mk 7:10) KILL strangers close to a church (Num 1: 48-51) KILL all males after winning battles (Dt 20:13) KILL those who curse father or mother (Lev 20:9) KILL men who have sex with other men (Lev 20:13) KILL any bride discovered not to be a virgin (Dt 22:21) KILL those who worship the wrong God (Num 25:1-9) KILL anyone who does not observe the Sabbath (Ex 31:14) KILL e...

This story is not in the earliest manuscripts but might be one of the stories not mentioned in NT (as Apostle John noted) that was passed on and a scribe added it to the text.  In this story, Jesus specifically said to them, let the "one" [among you] without sin cast the first stone.  "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." John 8:7 First, they wouldnt be following the Law if they did that (see below). They didn't bring both the man and woman, only the woman. Mustve been someone they didnt like cuz the leaders left the guy off scott free.   So that's all sorts of wrong too.   According to the law two witnesses are required to condemn a person to death.Sin is transgression of the law (1 John 3:4). Therefore since no "witnesses" came forward against this woman and the man involved in adultery wasn't present either it would have been a sin to carry out the death sentence. Jesus couldn't throw a sto...