tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988509909991606880.post2412565494782229972..comments2024-03-01T10:04:23.949-06:00Comments on A Fort Made of Books: Sixteen Thoughts About GodRobbieFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14112535005437118728noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988509909991606880.post-69115187834437611302013-07-18T10:35:03.018-06:002013-07-18T10:35:03.018-06:00Corollary 1.1: To say, "I could never believe...Corollary 1.1: To say, "I could never believe in a god who would do this or allow that to happen," is to admit that any god you do believe in is your own invention.<br /><br />Corollary 3.1: A church that you join by your own free choice, has no answer to challenges to its moral code.<br /><br />Corollary 4.1: To say, "My god would never send anyone to hell," is to admit that there is no mercy or salvation in your god.<br /><br />Corollary 7.1: To say, "Everybody has to believe what is right for himself," is to reject the authority of all divine revelation.<br /><br />Corollary 14.1: To say, "God would never say or do anything that conflicts with reason," is to deny the existence of a transcendent deity.<br /><br />Corollary 15.1: God binds himself to the concrete ministry of word and sacrament.<br /><br />Corollary 16.1: At any given time, most who claim to serve Christ actually reject him.<br /><br />Corollary 1.2 or 16.2: The stumbling block most people can't get over is the idea that God is who He says He is, and no one else.RobbieFishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112535005437118728noreply@blogger.com