06-16-2015, 03:28 PM
Quote:1- I tell my kids not to drive a car or I'll punish them. If they don't listen, the result is they could a- get hurt, or b- not get hurt. I do it for their own well being because I care about them.Because I don't want option A to happen. What good is a hollow threat of punishment?
What good is punishment when you know it won't have any impact on your child's behavior?
If God was the parent, he knows you are going to drive the car regardless and has already set up death as the punishment for doing it.
Consequently he is sentencing you to death before he even gives you the warning.
That's the difference. And that is what doesn't make any sense to me.
