[randilover]

Hey, this was an "interesting" read. If you feel it falls to the category of illogical, patronising, I'll consider it just as good as the above.

My basic thoughts:
99% of what he disagrees with, with a simple reading of the Bible, would discount or explain what he writes to be untrue. It’s kind of a rehash of old cliché arguments, which don’t really hold water. I could deal with each (but it’d take a while). He’s mostly just venting emotion, not dealing with truth, and really tips his hand with the whole "I'm free!" statements. His problem is not with the facts or details, he has a moral problem with the whole thing.

But before I do that, I’d like someone to answer this question first. I’d still like to know where he gets the idea of how unfair God is? If there is no God, there is no moral law, and if there is no moral law, what in the world is he appealing to to claim God is at fault, or God is wrong, or God is horrible? If there is no moral law giver, and therefore no moral law, then his whole essay is worthless, because what right does he have to call God "an eternal fiend"? He asks how can the Orthodox Christian explain these things. I’d ask how can you validate any question without belief in a God?

P.S.- This one’s for free: Votaire’s house currently serves as the distribution center for the Geneva Bible. From a man who claimed to make the Bible obsolete in 100 years no less. The divine irony…