There is at Least One Problem with the Notion of a Catholic (Christian) God

Why does morality matter if there's nothing after death? Morality becomes absurd. Why care about getting along with each other if it will all disappear and be a waste of time? The beneficial aspects are lost because death will destroy that for us. Lastly, why should we care about others if we get nothing from it? I think we do get something from it, even if we didn't intend to get anything from it, because the other sees how we do things. However, this implies an afterlife, otherwise this gets lost. Your argument therefore becomes absurd. Your examples don't necessarily show that all of Christianity is immoral. In fact, those things you mentioned aren't even adopted by all or much of Christianity, it seems. Your assumption that there are no objections puts you at a disadvantage if you are wrong. Examples aren't proofs. That's a fallacy. Q1: You seem to be unable to get past this notion that stories don't have to be true. Did you study Literature in grade school? Do you think fiction Literature is worthless, and there is nothing to get out of it? I tell you that there is something more important than scientific facts, and you need to disprove this or your argument doesn't work. Messages aren't as memorable as stories. That is very important when writing a blog. Also, the message can be rejected more easily, but not so much the story. Q3: Why does it matter than they are ignorant of 21st century science? Be exact. Q4: It's confusing because you're reading it the wrong way. That's a good thing, because it prevents you from assuming anyone can know-it-all about what the Bible is saying. God wants us to depend on Him, not solely on ourselves and our own interpretations. If you want to understand, you're supposed to look to God on that. You can give them that knowledge, but it doesn't mean they will follow it, because they can choose against it. You would also have to keep giving them that knowledge, as some would attempt to distort it, so a hard-copy would help against this. Yes, one division that happened in the 10th century, but it wasn't over the Bible, I think. It was over doctrine. The same with the initial division with Martin Luther. It wasn't over the Bible, but over abuses. It then expanded so that there were biblical differences. You have to take miracle-worker with the other two. For this, you need historical documents to verify that. I have a problem with Protestantism because of their gap. Catholics claim to not have a gap, and there are historical documents during those times which point to Catholicism. Protestants have a greater hurdle, in my opinion, as they have to show those three things I gave all over again. I don't know why you're trying to force God to want the Israelites to win a battle over iron chariots no matter what. This sounds like a straw-man fallacy. The stories are vague in that area because that's not the point of the story in that case. The Bible does need to have some historical parts, but not all of it, and those can be pointed out when it is a foundational point for Christianity or Catholicism. However, I think science points to creationism being wrong, and I am fine with that, as that isn't foundational for Catholicism, though it is for some Christians. There are more types of infinity than just time. Attacking all of an infinite God is an infinite attack. You're not choosing to go to Hell? That sounds like a contradiction, since you say that you don't want to be with God because of a plurality of your arguments. So what if God doesn't choose to show Himself right now? That doesn't send someone to Heaven or Hell. Otherwise, give me a Catholic document disproving this. You don't get to make up Catholic dogma though, that's a fallacy (and I shouldn't either). If God can do anything He wants to do, then this contradicts God being all good. Though yes, God isn't limited. You seem to can't hold yourself when I said I would get to slavery later. You seem to be referring to the problem of evil. The reason there is evil with man is that God wants man to have free will to choose Him or not. The reason there are natural evils is because of our consequences, to help us to avoid choosing evil because of the consequences, and to choose good. It is also to help us look to God and not be comfortable in not looking at God. I never said that pain or evil is okay, but that there's hope of conquering it. God doesn't approve of child rapists, and the Catholic Church allowed it because of corruption, not because of religious dogma. http://www.vatican.va... Even if I showed that God existed and you agreed, you wouldn't be happy about it, so why should I do it? You seem to be clueless in that I can't find a reference to "daughters can be sold as sex slaves" in Exodus 21:2-6. (*1-*3) One thing I read was that God could have been speaking to those particular governments, rather than to what the ideal is. The reason is that if God spoke the ideal, the Israelites would have outright rejected it, and God would have gotten nowhere here. Now, one can look to the other governments historically and see how they would do things, and the article claimed that the Israelites were more moral than those other groups. One example of this is with divorce, in that Moses allowed for divorce, even though that wasn't the ideal, and that Jesus fulfilled that law by saying no divorce, and the fulfillment of a law can be safely interpreted as the ideal of that law. Also, what if more slaves' rights was a way for God to encourage foreigners to Judaism, rather than false idols? It isn't good for Israelites to turn to false idols though. In Leviticus 25:44, they are allowed to buy foreigners as slaves and as property, yes. The question is, is this the ideal. The wording "may" sounds like a no. Also, what did Leviticus exactly mean when it says "slaves" and "property"? And what about the context of "image and likeness of God" in Genesis 1? Also, this source talks about slave protections in Israel as better than elsewhere http://www.exploregod.com.... I do need an exact reference on the female sex slaves part, as I haven't found it. (*4) Next round (*5) More Issues: 1 Genesis says that man was made in the "image and likeness of God." If God allows men to be killed, it not because God wants it, but because it isn't good for evil men who do evil things shouldn't be allowed to be spread to do more evil, but those men are still made in the image of God, so we don't wish them death. For Ephesians 6:5, God didn't intend to make things right on Earth, but in Heaven. Otherwise, this would be a total disaster for God. So, God wasn't trying to have political and social upheaval, but spiritual upheaval, when he referred to those slaves. You seem to think that it is impossible for God to give justice to those slaves who were unjustly treated. Prove God's incapability. (*6) https://www.thetrumpet.com... (*7) More Issues: 3 Homophobia. What is good about homosexuality? What makes it worth doing that nothing else can do? Pleasure isn't something intrinsically good. It isn't something neutral either, but it is a multiplier, an encourager of whatever is being done, whether good or evil. Intimacy is empty here because nothing happens. What does love mean exactly? (*8) More Issues: 4 Sexism. What is implied in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 is that there shouldn't be women-priests. This article claims that Paul claims that women shouldn't be silenced at all times, and points to 1 Corinthians 11:5 (*9). This article says to not take this passage literally, otherwise women shouldn't sing https://www.gci.org.... Now, why no women-priests? Well, start by realizing that men aren't women, and see if that solves it. This could be discussed later.