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Opposed to Untruth.
Hi Cary, thanks for answering this question. I hope you don't mind that I want to address each of these things and show you how I see your attitude compared to mine, in context of being a problem for you to understand God the way I do. It is not so much to tell you that I think you are wrong, but more to defend my own position. If you want to think I am wrong to think about God the way I do, then I see that you have two options to achieve that. Either you could explain why you think I am wrong so that I can learn from it, or you could just say that you think I am wrong without telling me why. It's up to you, I hope you will consider it carefully and do the best thing.
I can see that these are carefully chosen words, so please be careful to acknowledge these points. There should never be an end to questions unless someone is brain dead, that is natural for a human who thinks. Inconsistencies indicate either that the information represents untruth, or that the vital information is not being considered at the right time. You have a choice to make about this and you can take two approaches. You can either decide that the information is true or false and then justify it, or you can consider the information and then decide if it is likely to be true or false.
My guess is that it is the only way to achieve His goal.
Does it only appear that way, or is it actually that way? I don't know the answer to this question, so I don't make the assumption either way. My career doesn't call for it, so I am happy to let people have that opinion who rely on having that opinion, so long as they are honest in their opinion.
What makes you so sure of this?
Man is mortal. As I understand, there is not enough time for man to learn to be perfect, so unless God devised a reality that is timeless for mankind, then it only seems natural that mankind will make mistakes. Every creature makes mistakes, because that is a natural effect of a world which has a beginning and growth. This would lead into your first question, why did He create the world this way.
This doesn't seem to be true. What do you mean?
Do you think that He should create mana for everyone who needs it? Do you think He should strike down everyone who bleeds the charities? Do you think He should strike down everyone who opresses someone else? Do you think He should strike down anyone who doesn't do as He wishes them to do? Poverty can be solved by mankind and it can be induced by mankind. The failure of the world to thrive is not His fault, it is the fault of those who care for themselves at the expense of others. We all have that tendency, some more than others, and I think it is a skill that needs to be developed. But we also have the ability to unite. You are quick to say God should do something about it, what do you suggest He should do?
Do you understand His point of view at that time?
What are you referring to?
Do you mean at the tower of babel?
That isn't a loving god, nor worthy of praise. But everyone who God has revealed Himself to says that He is loving and worthy of praise. Do you accept that your concept of god appears a bit unrealistic?
I don't see how this contradicts what your view of the world would be if you did believe God was real. Do you think that if you did accept that God is real, then you would no longer be able to make sense of the world and explain it?
Sure, I wouldn't suggest that you should lie. I did not actually expect you to say that you don't support Jesus. Why don't you?
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