"is black mage still here?
if so i would like to continue this debate
if not, s'aright"
Yes, yes, I'm around. Just, not real active.
"my favorite quote from our kind and loving and generous and caring God: my wrath will flare up, and i will kill you with the sword. and your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans."
Hmm, that sounds like it's from the Old Testament. I'm no expert on the subject of religion, and can only offer to you what I have learned, rather, can only argue what I know. From my belief, the God of the Old Testament acted much different from that of the New Testament. Now, that's not to say they are two seperate entities, but have changed over time. It's quite noticable, when God had asked Abrihm to sacrifice his own son. However, God had stopped him before he was about to. Or another instance, with King David, to teach David a lesson, his family was killed and he lost quite a bit. However David was given a new family and all that was lost was returned to him upon redeeming himself. Now, that sounds alright for David, but what about his wife and children? Yes, they were killed. I would assume taken to Heaven, but one cannot be sure.
However, in the New Testament, things are different. It seems God has left things to Jesus, and no longer directly required the people to do his wishes. My guess on this difference, is how the Jews of old precieved God differently. In the Old Testament, they feared God, I mean, who wouldn't? They had no one to interpurt the word, save Moses and Abrihm and a few other leaders. But still, no one with the same appeal or strength of word as Jesus. With Jesus, God's love was explained on a higher level. Easier to understand, one could say.
