Paarsurrey was kind enough to reply to what I wrote. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, his comments aren’t showing up on my site. I have no idea as to why, but since they aren’t showing up, I’ll provide his comments here:
Hi friend Joel
I ask you a little question; I think you don’t mind. Are you married and have sons and daughter?
I suppose you are married and have a beautiful little baby girl. If she says; papa I am willing, just kill me. Will you kill her? If you kill her; won’t it be a cruel act? I think, it will be a cruel act; so even your own Catholic church will declare it to be cruel.
You will need a very cruel heart to perform this act.
Sorry, it is as simple as that. I think even the Catholics/Protestants/JWs/Mormon viewers of your blog will agree with me on this point.
I love Jesus and MaryThanks
I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim
I understand that from human terms and perspectives it can seem cruel. However, God is not to be judged in the same manner humans are to be judged. For instance, if God kills someone we can rest assured that He has done so justly. We understand that the person deserved it, because God is just. If I arbitrarily kill someone, no matter what, there will always be doubt as to why I killed the person. Why? Because I am not just. I can act justly, but being just is not part of my nature as it is with God.
So we come to the cross and we see the Father sacrificing the Son. Is this cruel? Is this evil? To understand, we must first look to why we were created, secondly to our fallen nature, and third to God’s solution.
