The question you asked was too limited. If you want to ask a question like that, I require first the granting of all the powers of an omnipotent & omniscient being. So I answered "I would make a world where he would not have to suffer to be good". It's the only proper way to ask and answer that question.
I've read the Bible in English about 2-3 times. I've read it in Latin, Aramaic & Greek about twice each. And yes, I do assume you cannot know.
Bible.
[me: First off, I asked you a question you chose not to answer directly. I guess I have to accept that, not a problem.]
Nietzsche: The question you asked was too limited. If you want to ask a question like that, I require first the granting of all the powers of an omnipotent & omniscient being. So I answered "I would make a world where he would not have to suffer to be good". It's the only proper way to ask and answer that question.
I do not find my question unfair at all. Give a parent two different scenarios of the type of child they might raise and the favors afforded him or her, and as them which they prefer. The question obviously was making reference to suggesting what purpose God may have had for putting us to the test and through trials. I think the answer for most parents is that they prefer their child to endure some hardships and challenges and through that become an honorable, grateful, caring and loving person.
[me: Now to your comments: Who told you that is how God acts? Was it your interpretation of Holy Scripture or some other so-called Christian authority? Because what you say I say is a lie because it assumes things that I believe are false, or at a minimum, one would have no way of knowing. So, once again, the doubter casts God in a sinister role based upon his own false description of God. (imo)]
Nietzsche: I've read the Bible in English about 2-3 times. I've read it in Latin, Aramaic & Greek about twice each. And yes, I do assume you cannot know.
Yes, and so have a multitude of theologians, scholars and leaders of churches memorized the Bible, and what do you know?... there are serious disagreements amongst them! As there were in Jesus’ time and before such as between Pharisees and Sadducees, et al. So just because you read the Bible does not mean it is clear to you what God means in every instance. That is exactly why Jesus Christ established His Church to be the ruling authority on earth. To have “the keys of the kingdom,” “to loose or bind sins,” “to be clear that whatsoever His Church bound on earth shall be held bound in heaven.” I know that upsets quite a few protestants, but they need to humble themselves and understand what Christ meant and what He desired. Just because the Catholic Church is guilty of many sins does not change God’s will. So were the Jews.
[me: Have you any evidence of this is how God treats sinful man?]
Nietzsche: Bible.
Yes, you already intimated that. I am here to tell you that you do not know what you are insisting is how God treats sinners. There is not one person in history the Catholic Church would ever dare say is in hell. Because they know it is a high crime for them to take on the role of divine judge.