The Bible shows God engaging in acts, that, if a man were to engage in, would be considered at minimum, sinful in nature.
Yet -- The Bible then states to emulate, and, "..Be perfect, as the Father in heaven is perfect."
Clearly, that doesn't make any sense.
Question:
How can one be perfect as God is and manage to avoid sin at the same time -- Since, by mimicking Gods acts, one would, ipso-facto, condemn oneself based on Gods own laws?
2 comments:
yeah. thats what im saying! how come in the bible god can do whatever he wants and its ok. and then if we make the same mistake is considered a sin... why is that.. i just dont get it..
that is a good way to put it tho.
Greetings from the Saint Pedro Arbues Society Consulta! We have been alerted to the dangerous turn your discussion has taken in this matter and have condescended to intervene.
If we accept your general suppositions about God,--I say IF, and only for the purposes of argument---there is a way out of this labyrinth.
Well, very simply, one would have to distinguish between "natures"(ousias) Obviously what is good to an eagle is not good to the rabbit whose is consumed and digested by the eagle. And yet, harmoniously hidden, intertwined in this death dealing act is the greater balance and harmony of creation as a whole. for if eagles, or some other predator, did not hunt rabbits, rabbits would overpopulate the earth and even grow ill and diseased,--since their weaker, sickly confreres would never be eliminated from the gene pool. Just so, God an infinite something who cannot comfortably be named or described would have a radically different "nature" than the creaturely and finite being, man. Therefore, conceivably an act could be good for God to commit and evil for man to commit. God "evil" act would refer to a Whole which we can never comprehend. to do that, we would have to become God. The abyss which separates God from man cannot be bridged or judged by human discourse.
Another example might illuminate,-- if you would permit. A general, aware of the "big picture" and some overarching need
might be permitted to order some act which seems wrong or even evil to the foot soldier, who is unaware of all the facts. Thus, the general serves a greater end which the foot soldier must respect but cannot fathom because of his restricted and deficient grasp of the whole purpose of the military expedition.
Your response?
Nicolas Eymeric
SSPA
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