Why does God not stop the evil?

[seeking Christ]

Not by any god(s), as the story goes.

Not only is that false but you really haven't been paying attention.

It is your opinion I am asking for. Did his actions as a serial killer preclude him from entering this theoretical heaven?

And why does my opinion matter? Is this some kind of a vote? Do you suppose God prays to me? I am now the judge of the living and the dead?

And what about Naomi?

 

[Archaeopteryx]

Couching it in a relevant term, do you still have to ask the question? Why can you not see that these are stories about judgment? Surely you have also seen the claims here that God is somehow "all loving, all good," etc etc? Well, no. Clearly not. We are in fact judged for even THINKING that! God will do good, and He will do evil. He's kinda adamant about that, and making sure we know it.

So God is not all good?

So the lessons about Divine Judgment teach us about Divine Judgment. Not such a stretch, is it? Now, what did you want to know about Divine Judgment? You already know we don't have clear answers about that, other than Judgment based on works.

I'm using "judgment" as a euphemism for genocide. You mentioned earlier that those who remained were "warlike" and therefore deserved to be destroyed. Were the infants and children also warlike? What did they do to deserve to be destroyed?

See there, using appropriate terms DOES matter! Judgment is NEVER about race. Compare that terrible thinking to what Scripture actually says, and then see what you come up with.

Again, I'm using it only as a euphemism.

See, this is where it gets more difficult. Obviously children aren't a threat in war - or are they? Male children can be QUITE damaging beginning at a pretty young age, and if anything was different in this time and culture this was even moreso back then. So I can't say that has nothing to do with it, but its only one factor. I won't attempt to speak for you but at the ripe old age of 4 if I had seen invading hordes kill the older men in my family and make off with the women, I wouldn't have grown up as an obedient child. I would've been sabotaging everything I could, and plotting the unseemly demise of my captors. I would've also spread that kind of spirit to those around me everywhere I could, and been quite difficult to detect.

So yeah, that counts as warlike.

Wow. You're trying to excuse genocide.

And yet that really misses the larger point. What do you know about the purpose of the flood?

What relevance is its purpose?

 

[seeking Christ]

You mentioned earlier that those who remained were "warlike" and therefore deserved to be destroyed.

No I didn't. Listening isn't your forte, is it? Prefer making stuff up?

 

[Archaeopteryx]

No I didn't. Listening isn't your forte, is it? Prefer making stuff up?

Answering questions doesn't appear to be your forte. Out of that entire post you singled out perhaps the most irrelevant point to focus on your reply on?

 

[seeking Christ]

No, its an overbearingly relevant point. Relevance doesn't seem to matter to you and I have no idea what you're looking for except to argue for its own sake. I'm not into it.

 

[Archaeopteryx]

No, its an overbearingly relevant point. Relevance doesn't seem to matter to you and I have no idea what you're looking for except to argue for its own sake. I'm not into it.

I'm looking for you to answer those questions. Apparently you aren't up to the task.

 

[seeking Christ]

I'm just not up for engaging this foolishness. You're not looking to understand anything, you just want to come on a Christian website to bash Christians. You think we need to tolerate that why?

 

[pjbw1956]

Why does God not stop evil? As I ponder this question, I think of all the little children that are so sick with cancer and other diseases! Of the many children that are abused and even killed! Certainly, it is not God's will for little children to suffer!

So, why does God allow these things? Could it possibly be that the devil took control of this planet, when Adam and Eve disobeyed God! I don't believe that we are getting the true picture of what actually took place in the Garden of Eden! Also, the book of Revelation conveys that the devil deceiveth the whole world.

Yes, we live in a very evil world, but our Heavenly Father loved us so much, that He sent his only begotten Son to show us the way, and the truth, knowing very well how His Son would be abused and crucified!

Yes, Jesus came to make a way of escape for his children, and I believe that our redemption draweth nigh!

 

[Archaeopteryx]

I'm just not up for engaging this foolishness.

More dodging. To remind you of what those questions were:
- What did the infants and children do to deserve destruction?
- If you were there when your God commanded their destruction, what would you do?

You're not looking to understand anything, you just want to come on a Christian website to bash Christians. You think we need to tolerate that why?

When I first joined this website I did so as a Christian. Your assumptions about my motivations are wrong.

 

[seeking Christ]

When I first joined this website I did so as a Christian.

What was your name?

Your assumptions about my motivations are wrong.

Prove it.

 

[Archaeopteryx]

What was your name?

When I first joined? Who knows? I've had a few usernames.

Prove it.

How so?

And why exactly should I reciprocate by answering your questions when you have no interest in answering my own?

 

[seeking Christ]

And why exactly should I reciprocate by answering your questions when you have no interest in answering my own?

Sincere people don't use euphemisms. You're not here to understand anything, but merely to bash.

 

[Archaeopteryx]

Sincere people don't use euphemisms. You're not here to understand anything, but merely to bash.

I was using the euphemism for your benefit, not mine. And I certainly was sincere about that from the outset.

It is apparent to me, however, that you have no intention of addressing my questions. I can only speculate as to why...

 

[seeking Christ]

No speculation needed, I've told you point blank. If you are what you say you are surely you know the relevant Scripture.

 

[Archaeopteryx]

No speculation needed, I've told you point blank. If you are what you say you are surely you know the relevant Scripture.

A litany of excuses, but no answers...

raze? Is that you?

 

[seeking Christ]

Nothing but abuse - yup that's Arch

 

[Archaeopteryx]

Nothing but abuse - yup that's Arch

Abuse? Wow, you are getting quite desperate.

"Stop asking questions! Your questions are abuse!"

 

[seeking Christ]

Questions are fine, you just don't have any.

 

[Archaeopteryx]

Questions are fine, you just don't have any.

So now you are going to pretend that I haven't actually asked anything? You know, if you didn't have any answers you could have just said so, instead of pretending that you did, and wasting people's time.

 

[seeking Christ]

So now you are going to pretend that I haven't actually asked anything?

When you pose as asking a question but really only want to make the accusation of genocide, who do you think you're fooling? That's transparent, abusive, and inherently dishonest. Give it a rest.