Breno785au,
I am not Agnostic, because an Agnostic is neither committed or uncommitted to the belief to the belief in God. I absolutely, 100% believe in God.
I am not a Christian; because to be a Christian I would have to believe that God is all loving, all merciful, and is filled with nothing but good intention for us. I do not believe this.
As far as my opposite view on Gods graciousness is concerned, it goes back to my original post.
Allow me to put it this way:
If I were to punch you in the face for no good reason, breaking your nose...then give you an ice pack for the swelling and a ride to the hospital...would that make me gracious? I did give you the ice pack, and I did make sure you got medical attention, heck I might even pay your hospital bill...but none of those things change the fact that you are there in the first place; suffering as a result of my actions.
There was NO need for the tree.
I don't blame God for the fall of man, but what kills me is how Christians can believe that a GOD...who has all power, all knowledge, and created all...has absolutely no hand in any of this misery that takes place in our world. Everything good...is of God. Everything bad...is Satan's fault...is Man's fault, it's Adam and Eve's fault! Everyone has a hand in the bad condition of our world EXCEPT for CREATOR of the UNIVERSE, who is beyond more powerful than the others I have named.
How realistic is that?
And it annoys me when people say "Jesus died for OUR sins".
From the moment you and I and everyone else are born, we have natural impulses encoded in our DNA...urges we have to battle with every day of our lives...then we are told "that is YOUR sin...that is YOUR fault...that is YOUR choice. Not only are given sinful impulses, but we are raised up in a world where there is sin and temptation at every corner. Then told by the Christian world "you must resist your nature, you must resist the world! And if you don't...then you will go to Hell...and you deserve it because you are a sinner!"
It is SO frustrating, and SO unfair.
On a personal note:
I am an ultra-lustful person; it is a daily struggle I endure. I can't describe to you the self-loathing I feel when I see a woman half necked or wearing skin tight clothing...which is darn near everywhere I look. I honestly hate the impulses of my mind and body; I want to cut my eyes from their sockets, I want to cut this lust from my body! I don't WANT to be this way, I did not ask nor CHOOSE to be this way. Yet I am.
How is this MY sin? The Christian faith dictates that it is my fault I am way I am; that I choose to be a sinner and I deserve to burn for it.
No.
I did not choose this.