Another one I struggle with: Why God, as a Father would choose ONE nation, not all?

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, all people were God's children, the entire population of the world at the time and they were on the same level in those biblical times. How come God would choose only one nation only. As a Father you know..

The only thing I can thing of is that God created humans in his image, therefore just like them he must have had his favorite kid.

Op are you referring to Gods relationship with the Jewish people? He established that bond as a means by which to reach out to humanity

Umm... God created people no? Why ne needed to reach to them? And why not to reach to every other bunch in other corners of the Earth? Cause you know.. back then people did not exactly traveled that much.
And they all were on the same stage of development for the most part.

According to the midrash G-d DID offer the Torah to all the nations of the world and the Jews were the only ones that accepted it.

Fascinating.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, your question comes from a place of ignorance. Go study theology for a while, then come back and reframe your question once you understand what you are asking.

Seriously? You have to study theology for a while to get an simple answer? Lots of people believe in God and few study theology

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, all people were God's children, the entire population of the world at the time and they were on the same level in those biblical times. How come God would choose only one nation only. As a Father you know..

The only thing I can thing of is that God created humans in his image, therefore just like them he must have had his favorite kid.

Op are you referring to Gods relationship with the Jewish people? He established that bond as a means by which to reach out to humanity

He had to start somewhere, right?

But seriously, if he's omnipotent, you'd think he'd have a better plan.

This plan sounds like something Jews made up to make themselves feel special.

At the time, little did they know that the Catholics would come along and decree that Catholicism was the one true religion and start murdering the Jews like crazy, even though their savior was a Jew.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, your question comes from a place of ignorance. Go study theology for a while, then come back and reframe your question once you understand what you are asking.

Seriously? You have to study theology for a while to get an simple answer? Lots of people believe in God and few study theology

No, you don't have to study theology, but at least reading the Old Testament might be a start (albeit one that most self-professed "Christians" aren't willing to take). OP's musing makes it seem like OP doesn't even have the most superficial understanding of what, say, Exodus says about god's relationship with Israel.

Seriously, I wonder what the results would be if you could get a truly accurate % of Christians who have actually read the Bible -- not just sat in church and have it read to them one Sunday at a time. I think way less than half, certainly if you include the Old Testament. I'm consistently amazed at the Biblical illiteracy of people who claim to be devout.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, all people were God's children, the entire population of the world at the time and they were on the same level in those biblical times. How come God would choose only one nation only. As a Father you know..

The only thing I can thing of is that God created humans in his image, therefore just like them he must have had his favorite kid.

Op are you referring to Gods relationship with the Jewish people? He established that bond as a means by which to reach out to humanity

He had to start somewhere, right?

But seriously, if he's omnipotent, you'd think he'd have a better plan.

This plan sounds like something Jews made up to make themselves feel special.

At the time, little did they know that the Catholics would come along and decree that Catholicism was the one true religion and start murdering the Jews like crazy, even though their savior was a Jew.

Who are we in humanity to say it's not a good plan? God's timing is not our timing. And yes, to the PP, Christians also recognize that God offered Himself to be known to all people but it was the Jewish people who chose Him first.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, all people were God's children, the entire population of the world at the time and they were on the same level in those biblical times. How come God would choose only one nation only. As a Father you know..

The only thing I can thing of is that God created humans in his image, therefore just like them he must have had his favorite kid.

Op are you referring to Gods relationship with the Jewish people? He established that bond as a means by which to reach out to humanity

He had to start somewhere, right?

But seriously, if he's omnipotent, you'd think he'd have a better plan.

This plan sounds like something Jews made up to make themselves feel special.

At the time, little did they know that the Catholics would come along and decree that Catholicism was the one true religion and start murdering the Jews like crazy, even though their savior was a Jew.

Who are we in humanity to say it's not a good plan? God's timing is not our timing. And yes, to the PP, Christians also recognize that God offered Himself to be known to all people but it was the Jewish people who chose Him first.

And then the Catholics came along and God told them they were in charge now and should murder and subjugate the Jews.

Whenever we humans question God's actions it usually leads to confusion, because it seems as though God does some crazy, silly, cruel or stupid things sometimes.

That's because the mind of God is too complex for us mere humans to understand.

Or perhaps there is no God.