>if God real why bad thing happen?
>if God real why penis in butt feel good?
>out of context Bible verse
>i am monkey
If God real why bad thing happen?
Dylan Robinson
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Cooper Evans
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Grayson Garcia
Charles Evans
>this but a 400 page essay
Jack White
Will you answer these questions?
Dylan Cruz
I'll give a basic gestalt.
>God does prevent much evil, the world would be MUCH worse if God didn't. But God does allow people to choose between good or evil, and when people choose evil then others can suffer the consequences. Instead of blaming God, turn to the cure for evil: Jesus Christ.
>Lots of things feel good, that doesn't mean they're good for you. Heroin feels great, drinking to excess feels great, for some people even self harming via cutting can feel great. That doesn't mean it's good. The flesh often desires what is contrary to the spirit, the spirit desires what is contrary to the flesh. That's why people try to eat healthy, avoid porn and masturbation, go to rehab if they are addicted to a drug, etc.
>Not really a question but I'll give an example. Lots of progressives love to quote "he who is without sin cast the first stone" verse as if it means Jesus is endorsing the prostitute's lifestyle and saying we shouldn't judge her. This is out of context because the next thing Christ says to her is "go and sin no more." He didn't endorse her lifestyle, he told her to repent and stop being a whore (and she did.)
>This is a complicated issue because I do believe that God has designed humans in a way that can cause changes in physical traits over time, but I would point to the fact that overall there are many reasons to question the theory of evolution, the science is far from settled and declaring it as fact is anti-intellectual. One of the major flaws is that studies have found that yes some species can adapt to their environment, that's called microevolution. Macroevolution is the idea that a species can change into something entirely different, which has next to zero scientific backing. For example you can breed different types of dog and produce chihuahua, but you can't turn a dog into something completely different species wise.
Evan Foster
>God does prevent much evil, the world would be MUCH worse if God didn't.
Is this implying that the default state of the universe is evil? If so, who created it to be that way?
>But God does allow people to choose between good or evil
If God is omnipotent and all knowing, that would imply he knew what was going to happen when he created the universe in the way that he created it, and similarly implies that he could have created the universe in a different way that would cause different things to happen. Therefore, all "evil" in the world must be intentional, or he would have created the universe to be different. For example, can God not simultaneously give us free will but make us wholly good by nature so we don't choose to do bad things?
>Lots of things feel good, that doesn't mean they're good for you. Heroin feels great, drinking to excess feels great, for some people even self harming via cutting can feel great. That doesn't mean it's good.
Fair.
>This is a complicated issue because I do believe that God has designed humans in a way that can cause changes in physical traits over time, but I would point to the fact that overall there are many reasons to question the theory of evolution, the science is far from settled and declaring it as fact is anti-intellectual. One of the major flaws is that studies have found that yes some species can adapt to their environment, that's called microevolution. Macroevolution is the idea that a species can change into something entirely different, which has next to zero scientific backing. For example you can breed different types of dog and produce chihuahua, but you can't turn a dog into something completely different species wise.
Anybody who claims to understand exactly how evolution works or all of the kinks of it is definitely lying, and you're right that there are certain things which are hard to explain on a genetic level, but evolution offers a pretty good explanation for a lot of what we observe.
Jayden Barnes
if satan/lucifer revolted against God because he was jealous that humans got free will, but angels did not.
Then that means that God planned the revolt from the beginning, or lucifer had free will and thus had no reason to revolt.
Blake Baker
>Is this implying that the default state of the universe is evil? If so, who created it to be that way?
Scripture tells us that Satan is the ruler of the physical world until he is cast into the pit of fire during the apocalypse. People often mistake that Satan is already in Hell, but scripture tells us he wanders the earth, looking for people to devour.
>If God is omnipotent and all knowing, that would imply he knew what was going to happen when he created the universe in the way that he created it, and similarly implies that he could have created the universe in a different way that would cause different things to happen. Therefore, all "evil" in the world must be intentional, or he would have created the universe to be different. For example, can God not simultaneously give us free will but make us wholly good by nature so we don't choose to do bad things?
in Scripture, God chooses to look away from his creation sometimes. He is called the Holy Father, and the Father wants his children to CHOOSE to do the right thing, not be mindless zombies with no free will. I believe this is to test us. Remove those who are truly unworthy of salvation and strengthen those who are worthy.
Kevin Gray
What do you define as "free will"?
Luis Stewart
The ability to choose and change ways within your nature that will affect your destiny. God made us in his image, and he has the ability to choose, so we do. That's what separates us from creatures not made in God's image, who are only able to follow their nature.
For example even the best housecat will still eat its owner's corpse if the owner dies at home. A human being obviously CAN choose to do depraved things like that, but we have the ability to deny our sinful nature.
Levi Perry
God is real and he's torturing us with inceldom and poverty
I'm going to kill him and torture him like he's done to me
I will make him regret creating me
Dominic Taylor
Why would God want you to fall into the temptations of greed and sexual immorality?
You think God would want you to be having sex with random whores and living a life of materialism and excess? If anything he's helping you, because he knows you're too weak to deny those things if they were presented to you.
Thank God for protecting you from sex with whores and materialism.
Jack Stewart
I will never thank god for forcing me into being an ugly, homeless old virgin.
Asher Morgan
There are literal lepers in the Bible who had more gratitude and love for God than you do.
This world is temporary, the Kingdom of Heaven is forever. What's important? a short life of sinful pleasure, or your eternal soul?
Christ himself walked around barefoot and had nowhere to sleep at night, and he's literally God in the flesh.
Adrian Hernandez
If I arrange all of the atoms which comprise your body in a certain arrangement and put you in a certain situation, you'll always do the same thing no matter what. Your choice is fundamentally predictable, especially by a being such as God. To say that God does not know your fate is to deny his supreme power. To say that God does not know what choices you will make is to say he is ignorant. When he created you, God knew the life you would lead, just as he knew Lucifer and Judas would betray him and that the second coming will occur. Just because our choices are predictable doesn't mean we're "mindless zombies" as you say. If we had been any different, we might have made a different choice. It is only because you are who you are that you make your choices, and in that sense you have "free will", but to say that we can't be predicted is just wrong. Your destiny is set in stone, and it was set that way by God
Matthew Nelson
what you're referring to is Calvinism, aka TULIP Christianity. here is a good counterpoint to it from GotQuestions
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Calvinism is a very complex debate in Christianity because it makes some good points, but my personal belief is that God gives us free will and he himself limits his sight to allow us to CHOOSE to accept salvation and repent, or deny him. The same way a human father will let his children begin to have more freedom in their lives so they can learn lessons about life, knowing they will encounter hardship, heartbreak, and make mistakes. I appreciate your genuine questions, it's rare these days. Usually I'm just met with insults
Jacob Carter
A Calvinist arrived at the gates of Heaven.
He sees that there are two lines going in. One has a sign that reads "predestined," and the other, "free will". He naturally heads to the predestined line.
While waiting, an angel comes and asks him "Why are you in this line?"
He replies, "Because I chose it."
The angel looks surprised, "Well, if you 'chose' it, then you should be in the free will line."
So our Calvinist, now slightly miffed, obediently wanders over to the free will line.
Again, after a few minutes, another angel asks him, "Why are you in this line?"
He sullenly replies, "Someone made me come here."
Joshua Peterson
Let me begin by saying that the question of God is going to always be a bit unknowable. Humans do not have the mental capacity to comprehend anything which exists outside of logic, and God by his existence must exist beyond it. We can guess and have faith in the scripture, but we cannot know ALL of God's nature and will.
After reading that link, I can see how what I've said is similar to Calvinism, but there is one difference in my eyes. It's not that God chose the elect regardless of their decisions on earth, but that by creating men with preordained lives (which must be the case assuming his omnipotence), he destined them to make choices which either save or damn them. I would like to believe that all will be saved through redemption and eternal love, but I could be wrong. Ultimately, while God knows all of what we will do and whether or not we will seek salvation, WE do not have the calculative ability to determine that, and thus this idea isn't relevant to our daily lives. But, it does imply that God's will is not a matter of simple good and evil, but something that we can never fully comprehend. Bad thing happen to good people, but we must trust in God that it's all okay, and pray for salvation.
Blake Walker
>world would be MUCH worse if God didn't
this is not an explaination, user
Brandon Hernandez
>God made you with a hairy itchy poopy butthole
>God loves you
Your move Christians....
Adam Cook
isn't this the guy who cooks shit up. ngl his food looks more than edible