BlessedAnomaly
Well-known member
No, not Jacob's wife.
This is a Rachael that was born the same year as my oldest son, around 30 years ago. It serves no purpose to identify her any more precisely, at least not for this post. But the question I ask here is actually hers. It is an intriguing question. But somehow, this is the question that was the catalyst to cause her to move from Christianity to Atheism. I'm sure it was a slow move, but I don't have enough detail to be sure.
Anyway the question goes like this, paraphrased somewhat so you can't just pick it up and Google it and find Rachael. Some of you may know who I'm talking about, and, again, I see no reason to call out her full name here. Wouldn't be able to stop you, but here goes --
"We have a God who is absolutely moral, yes? He defines morality. He has defined it to be absolute. There is right. There is wrong. These are outside of creation, outside of the space/time continuum, outside of our very existence. Right/Wrong are as real as math is in defining the morality of our existence. So, why then, are there things that are sins in the Old Testament, but then they change and they are not sins in the New Testament? If morality is absolute, why did it change?"
This is a Rachael that was born the same year as my oldest son, around 30 years ago. It serves no purpose to identify her any more precisely, at least not for this post. But the question I ask here is actually hers. It is an intriguing question. But somehow, this is the question that was the catalyst to cause her to move from Christianity to Atheism. I'm sure it was a slow move, but I don't have enough detail to be sure.
Anyway the question goes like this, paraphrased somewhat so you can't just pick it up and Google it and find Rachael. Some of you may know who I'm talking about, and, again, I see no reason to call out her full name here. Wouldn't be able to stop you, but here goes --
"We have a God who is absolutely moral, yes? He defines morality. He has defined it to be absolute. There is right. There is wrong. These are outside of creation, outside of the space/time continuum, outside of our very existence. Right/Wrong are as real as math is in defining the morality of our existence. So, why then, are there things that are sins in the Old Testament, but then they change and they are not sins in the New Testament? If morality is absolute, why did it change?"
Malachi 3:6
For I am the Lord, I do not change;