There are over 100 times in the Bible where it describes God judging. Judging humans, judging the earth, judging everything.
In fact isn't the entirety of Christianity based completely on the fact that God will judge us all in the end, and that's why we're supposed to worship Jesus? You're...
Perhaps God is really tipping the scales in favor of his followers? A scary number of Americans seem to think such things are possible.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/01/30/american-believe-god-sporting-event/1877535/
27 percent of Americans believe God plays a role in sporting...
Except when He does.
PS7:8-9
8 From heaven you pronounced judgment,
and the land feared and was quiet—
when you, God, rose up to judge,
to save all the afflicted of the land.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
You who are young, be happy while you are young,
and let your heart give you joy in the days of...
Picking the right God doesn't seem to make people happy either, necessarily. For the most part, the very religious people I know are the unhappiest people I know. Those I know who are very religious tend to view the world very negatively...angry about homosexuality, convinced the world is...
I'm grateful for my wife, my constant companion for the last 16 years, my best friend and the best person I know. I know I'm extremely lucky to have been able to find a true and lasting love. Not everyone has that in their lives and I'm extremely grateful for that.
And beer. Grateful for...
Hmm, I hadn't thought about something like a chain gang. I guess I'm OK with that if there is no violent treatment. In this case I'm in favor of the same treatment for men and women,
This. What confuses me about this thread is the word "punishment." Punishment to me means some sort of official sanction, like a jail sentence for a crime or a kid having to stay in at recess. In my eyes there shouldn't be anything physical associated with official punishment like that at all...