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Quote: from AliciaGordon at 7:37 pm on Sep. 18, 2006

1) First off, if "God" is perfect and knows everything, why would he create us if he is perfect, doesnt perfect mean you are complete and dont need anything and you dont get bored, lonely, unloved or whatever reason he created us? Perfect things shouldnt feel any emotions. �

We weren't created because God needed us. We were created for God's glory. He wants us to be in a loving relationship with him and glorify him in what we do.

Why shouldn't a perfect being feel emotions?

2) I remember our pastor mentioned something about the Devil used to be in heaven and he was thrown out only to wreak evilness on human beings, um doesnt that mean since God knows our past present and future before we are even born that he knew the Devil would turn against him and turn evil? And see number one because if the Devil was created by God and turned against God, that right there says hes not so perfect, right?

That does not mean God is not perfect, that means the Devil was not perfect. The Devil put pride and greed before God. God created people in a state that allows them to turn to God, or turn away.

�3) God says if someone in your family is sick then ask (pray) and he will cure them, little kids are dying every day from sickness and their parents are praying to whatever God might help them, thats very nice of a loving God.

Your prayer must be inline with Gods plan. Prayer isn't just a blank check where you can ask for anything and you get it, even if the prayer is to help somebody else. You talk about all the sick and hungry children of the world, so you know about them, what are you going to do about it. Perhaps it is Gods plan for you to help them, but you just sit there and say 'why doesn't God fix it?' If God fixed everything, we would never develop as people, we could never become better.

4) This is what really gets me, this whole thing with sin and Adam and Eve eating a stupid fruit that "God" created and a snake that "God" created to tempt Adam and Eve into eating it. See number one again to because God knows everything meaning before the universe was even created he already knew Adam and Eve were gonna do that, that is a bunch of bull if we are being punished and sent to a burning place when God already knew it was gonna happen

You are limiting God to linear time. For all we know, God may look at all of our time as one.

5) I've about had it with church people saying its "free will" that sin is in the world. Theyre always saying sin is why innocent people die, children die, wars break out, diseases spread, etc. but nobody ever looks and points at God and says hey God created the devil, Adam and Eve, that fruit they werent supposed to eat, and that snake that tempted them, but automatically its all humanities fault because God brainwashes you into thinking it was Adam and Eves freewill that made them do it. He created them that way! This makes me wonder if this God is as good as he said he is why did he create evil things like the devil..?

I guess you could call it brain washing, but if its the truth then you don't really have an argument.

A loving perfect God couldnt have possibly created such an evil place. �

God does not send people to Hell, people send themselves to Hell. Additionally, Hell isn't always interpreted as simply a place of eternal torture, but rather, Seperation from God. This Seperation from God is thought to be like torture as there is no satisfaction or rest, because those things can only be found in God.
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Post edited at 12:53 am on Sep. 19, 2006 by IamfromOZ

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