nobspeople wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:52 pmNot sure what of who he loved and why (or why not) but the fact that God USES people just to prove a point is, to me, awful.
And what could be more cruel than to force a man to live most of his life blind? We see that kind of cruelty throughout the Bible as Jehovah forces people into all kinds of terrible circumstances as pawns in his evil game of chess.
And not something a loving being would do to those he's said to love.
It's not my idea of love, but anybody can say "love" and mean whatever they want by it. I'm not impressed with talk of love especially when those who use it end up hurting people.
Surely, such a grand being can prove itself through other works that didn't distract from one's life (and yes I know there's no way to PROVE this man's blindness hindered his life, but, in this time, it sure seems logical that it would; I doubt he was elevated to fame, happiness and health by others for him being blind)?
I know from many years in the school of hard knocks that blindness is a major hindrance to a person living a full and happy life. I've never been blind, but I've known some people who are blind. Sure, you'll hear the "feel good" stories about some blind person doing amazing things, and they sometimes can, but most often they live on the margin.
Anyway, that's why I find the idea of blinding a man from birth just to eventually "cure" him in a sideshow in Jehovah's "salvation circus" to be so disgusting. If we are to ever have a truly civilized society this kind of demented thinking has got to go.