One of the most controversial things about Holy Christianity is our decision to remove from the Bible all the books of the Old Testament except Genesis, Psalms, and Proverbs. The reason we have done this is because these books portray God as angry, jealous, and vengeful. Holy Christianity believes that the benevolent, loving God of the New Testament, the God that Jesus spoke of, is the only God that exists.
This article will try to make a logical argument as to why an angry God does not make sense. The best way to do so is to tell a story from my college days in the early 1990s. I was living in a college dorm and was thinking of having a phone line installed in my room (this was before cell phones became common). My mom was opposed to the idea as she thought it was an unnecessary expense. But ultimately she told me that it was my choice.
In the end, I decided to have the phone installed. When I later told her, she became angry and started attacking me.
I couldn’t believe it. So I could make my own decision… as long as it was the decision that she wanted!
“But you said it was my decision!” I retorted.
“I thought you weren’t going to do it!” she said.
“That’s not fair!”
She knew I was right, and so she backed down. It truly was hypocritical of her to tell me that I could make my own decision and then get angry when I didn’t make the decision she preferred.
So how does this relate to God?
Well, God has given us agency. He has given us the freedom to choose. So wouldn’t it be hypocritical of Him to get angry just because we don’t choose what He desires?
And if God found our choices to be so offensive as to provoke Him to anger, then why doesn’t He simply take our agency away? He is all-powerful. There is nothing He cannot do. God could easily force us all to worship him or to do whatever he wishes.
Of course, God wants us to make good choices. He wants us to choose good over evil, love over hate. But unless we choose these things freely, it would ultimately be meaningless. Because without agency, life itself would be meaningless. This is why agency is the greatest gift God has given us. And it is why He doesn’t get angry when we don’t take the correct path. To be given a choice, but only the choice that God desires, would be no choice at all.
This article will try to make a logical argument as to why an angry God does not make sense. The best way to do so is to tell a story from my college days in the early 1990s. I was living in a college dorm and was thinking of having a phone line installed in my room (this was before cell phones became common). My mom was opposed to the idea as she thought it was an unnecessary expense. But ultimately she told me that it was my choice.
In the end, I decided to have the phone installed. When I later told her, she became angry and started attacking me.
I couldn’t believe it. So I could make my own decision… as long as it was the decision that she wanted!
“But you said it was my decision!” I retorted.
“I thought you weren’t going to do it!” she said.
“That’s not fair!”
She knew I was right, and so she backed down. It truly was hypocritical of her to tell me that I could make my own decision and then get angry when I didn’t make the decision she preferred.
So how does this relate to God?
Well, God has given us agency. He has given us the freedom to choose. So wouldn’t it be hypocritical of Him to get angry just because we don’t choose what He desires?
And if God found our choices to be so offensive as to provoke Him to anger, then why doesn’t He simply take our agency away? He is all-powerful. There is nothing He cannot do. God could easily force us all to worship him or to do whatever he wishes.
Of course, God wants us to make good choices. He wants us to choose good over evil, love over hate. But unless we choose these things freely, it would ultimately be meaningless. Because without agency, life itself would be meaningless. This is why agency is the greatest gift God has given us. And it is why He doesn’t get angry when we don’t take the correct path. To be given a choice, but only the choice that God desires, would be no choice at all.