What gives God the right to be "holy"?

what does holy mean to you? what do you think it means?

the breaking of natural laws has disasterous consequences as im sure you'd agree.God has made all the laws in the universe, they are there and we must abide by them...ie, if we dont obey the law of our appetite, we die. And if we ignore the law of gravity and step off a cliff, we dieHis moral laws are no different - break them and we die. A&E broke a moral law and they died.Its not that God 'thinks' he is holy, its that he has created a universe that is goverened by laws. To ignore either the physical laws or the moral laws has serious consequences. Edited by Peg, : fix quote box

Let me answer you by asking you first to do the following. Choose one of the fundamental laws listed below.Law of Gravity
Law of Electomagnetism
Law of Procreation
Law of planetary motion
Law of the strong nuclear force
Law of the weak nuclear forceNow remove it from reality, take it away and tell me what would happen if it did not exist. Edited by Peg, : No reason given.

in his world, yes. There are no physical laws in his world as there is nothing physical to govern.but the physical universe is not in his world and it only exists because of the laws that make physical matter possible.this is why the physical world has laws. they are there to enable physical things to exist. We are physical and our existence is completely dependent upon those laws...they keep us alive.A&E chose to go contrary to the natural laws of the universe...the result is that it brought about their death... as their offspring, we also live contrary to Gods laws and this is why we die.So you see, its not because he cant abide by rule breaking...its because WE cant abide by rule breaking. Edited by Peg, : No reason given.

it matters not who made the physical worldit matters that we live in it according to the laws that govern it

you keep steering away from our own personal responsibility toward laws. We were made with intelligence so that we could be responsible for our actions...this is a necessary part of free will. If we are unwilling to take responsibility for ourselves and our actions, then we are making God a scapegoat.Now this hell business is nothing to do with God. Its not a place where conscious people exist...its the grave of mankind. Its the place of inactivity...its the place of the dead.We may both go there but i can assure you we wont be conscious of being there...and thats not Gods fault either.

for the same reason that universal laws cannot be tampered with...we need them to exist. the truth is, we are not judged against it. God has provided us a means of return thru the death of his son. Jesus has in effect, died in our place. He has presented his death to God and paid the price for our imperfection for us.This is why we are told that all those who excersize faith in Jesus will not have their sin held against them. We can ask for, and recieved, forgiveness rather then have to pay the price for sin, namely death. hey, now your're placing the blame directly on eve. Perhaps you dont realise it but the Apostle Paul put the blame on Adam because as he said "Eve was thoroughly decieved, but the man was not decieved"Really, the reason for our fall was because of inherited traits...sin is a genetic flaw which is why we all have it...but its a flaw that God has promised to remove. awww thats sweet. We are still accused of being a cult...but hey, if we were a cult we wouldnt be knocking on people doors and we wouldnt have all our meetings open to the public would we.it just goes to show how fragmented christianity has become...its amazing to think that it started off as one small group of 12 men in palestine. Edited by Peg, : No reason given.

i dont think there is wrathi think there is a lot of sadness and pity for us... do you think he would have given up his dearest son if he felt angry and wrathful?remember the words of John 3:16"for God loved the world so much that he gave his only begotten son in order that everyone excersizing faith in him, might not be destroyed but have everlasting life"

thats very true and infact Jesus and the apostles all indicated that it would eventuate that way, but it doesnt mean that true christianity would not exist in the world... it would just make it harder to find.