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On Grounding Your Faith
The real final judgement is not God’s judgement of you — it is your judgement of God
When you admit to yourself what you really think about God — whether you even like him — that is when you discover your true character and learn where your faith is grounded.
Would you do anything God told you to do? It may take some courage to think before you answer, but please do.
Many of God’s commands are easy to obey. Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and so on. Others are easy to aspire to, even if they may be hard to live up to in daily life. Turn the other cheek, honor your parents, love thy neighbor …
In the Abrahamic religions there are plenty of commands, covering everything from humility and moderation to tolerance and integrity, that every decent human being, regardless of faith, would do well to follow.
It’s not always easy
God has also been known, however, to give commands that no psychologically normal person would find easy to obey.
Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately. But keep alive for…
