Sentimentality is frequenly the cause of misinterpretation of Scripture and the fostering of toxic attitudes and destructive actions. The making of a woman in Genesis 2:20-21 is a case in point. The woman was fashioned by God from one of Adam’s ribs, because sentimentality suggests, she is to be his help-mate, and to be close to his heart.
Read MoreIs God the primary cause behind the terrorist acts of ISIS? Was God the primary cause behind the antisemitism of the holocaust? Is God the primary cause behind tragedies, rape, birth defects, and abuse of children? These and other profound questions boil down to asking, “Did God originate evil?”
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