Lost Memories wrote:Neanderthaland wrote:Killing something with a soul to prove a point is a fucking malevolent thing to do. Especially when you're an omnipotent God who can easily prove that same point without doing so.
That's not how it works in christianity.
It's bad to meaninglessly harm living things, because it's damaging something you don't own.
God is the giver of life, which also means to be the giver of souls, which means god is the owner of life.
If the tree had a soul, it was because of god's will and giving, so god taking back its life isn't something evil.
You're making the overly common mistake to evaluate god by human standards. That's not how it works in christianity. Nor does it make sense outside christianity either, as god isn't a person, nor it's below humanity control. (if we wanted to go deeper, judgement without control, is aimless, as judgement to be meaningful needs enforcement)
Are you not contradicting yourself there?
In the first paragraph you evaluate god and his actions, then in the second say you cannot evaluate him by a human standard.