Oncedeceived
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We must define something if it is to exist? Who made that rule?we can't even define what a god is.
Can you in your imagination think of anything more powerful than the concept of God?
A righteous Being that wants people to be able to freely choose to be with Him? A righteous Being that has such righteousness that He can't be in the presence of any unrighteousness. A righteous Being that is the defender of and judge against all evil perpetrated by His creation. If someone does evil against us and goes free here, we know that they will either come to God for forgiveness or be punished for their sins against others. A righteous Being that gave us intelligence so that we could see His design in the universe and understand that He exists and of His power.it certainly cannot be some kind omnipotent, holy, and righteous entity.
what kind of righteous being would allows the suffering of his creations?
God set up a system where we are all unique and have free will to choose to do right but also the ability to do wrong. Not one of us are as righteous and good enough to be at God's standard of God but He made a plan that wipes clean all unrighteousness and evil.what kind of god would allow people like stephen hawking to be born and call it justice?
Maybe He is giving you time to recognize His existence?i am not asking you to defend your faith, i'm just pointing out some of the basic facts here.
OTOH, i have been of the receiving end of what some would call miracles.
i've been is situations that by all rights i should have been dead.
How do we know joy if we do not understand sadness? How do we know pain without experiencing it? How do we know love if there isn't hate? How do we know well being if we never suffer? If we never suffer how do we become strong?i just don't know.
what would be the purpose of creating all this stuff. life and the universe?
to make a bet with the devil?
to see which side humanity will go to?
sounds to me like this entity isn't as "all knowing" as we think.
what is he doing?
experimenting with us like rats in a maze?
I don't know if people don't take the time to hear Him, or even listen for Him but my son was depressed and suicidal for years. I prayed for years that God would take him from the darkness and show Him the light. My son had become an atheist. God did bring him into the light and the things that God did for him took my breath away. He is now a strong person who knows he wants to live. God does care and will with prayer answer.he gives us feelings, then watches silently while some experience pain until they pass out.
he watches as young lovers can't deal with their emotions and commit suicide.
he just stands there while people like hawking wonder "will i ever be truly loved".
So you would believe satan exists but not God? That is rather strange.i submit that if there is truly a god, then the human race is it.
if that is the case, then it's easy to see how the bible can be the work of satan himself, to make you believe there is an outside entity when in fact it comes from humanity itself.
You see the intelligence in all life, in all the universe. Humans did not create the universe; we did not create life but you clearly see the intelligence in everything. It is not there as an illusion as some would claim.-the ramblings of an old hag.
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