/lit/ - Literature

>>12397156
Most of modern Christianity would say it was all part of his unknowable plan.

Historians would be quick to point out that nearly every other god in history, including a lot of the minor ones, had titles like "all powerful, all wise, and all knowing", but it was very clear, from the mythology surrounding them, that they were anything but.

Alas, Anselm and Aquinas kinda cemented that drek... But, on the other hand, it also got us one of those rare "all loving" gods, and the NT gave us a positive role model, unlike some of those other old religions with, as Socrates himself supposedly pointed out, gods and heroes with considerably less than admirable traits.

>>12387443
That doesn't say much about the afterlife, but it does say quite a bit about this one, as lasting popular opinion often does. Various people complaining about the inconsistencies and fragmentation of the religion here seem to forget that's what gave the religion its staying power. Which is true of most religions that are still around.

Ya may not like it, but it takes some willful ignorance to deny that Christianity works, as tried and tested. Not that it couldn't use improvement, but so could mankind, and like mankind, it's proven it can adapt.