Right, but he is playing “devil’s advocate” to stir the pot and I find it annoying. Conversations get confusing when people start taking opposite sides and trying to be “crafty” in their argumen
ts. (hint hint) Just say what you think, God doesn’t need you to argue on His behalf…
His point 3.5 is a gross assumption in that it suggests knowing what God “thinks and feels” about humans, representing it as
something that he knows about God. Which he doesn’t, nor do I nor can anyone else.
The bible says that Jesus alone knew the Father, so when I hear other Christians talk about how they “know” God, or worse the “character” of God, I cringe. I have a relationship with Jesus, I interact with the Holy Spirit, but God is beyond my understanding and always will be.