Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Jason Stellman Forgets Who God Is

Jason Stellman said:

After all, what is God by his very nature? Not a judge, not a creator, but a Father. And what do fathers do? They beget sons and daughters, reproducing their own image in their offspring.

Darrell Hart responded

… your math gets ahead of you when you say that God is by his “very” nature Father. Is that all the persons or just the father? What about saying God is essentially son or spirit? And when you mention spirit you may recall the Shorter Catechism on the attributes of God which don’t mention father as an attribute but do mention holiness and righteousness.

But what kind of father do you think God is? One slip in the garden and he casts his children out of paradise. Sorry but the forensic makes a whole lot more sense of Christ’s passion and God’s love than does your view of God as the ur-breeder. A son without law is a bastard. A father who doesn’t set rules and punish his children is an absentee parent.

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