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He didn't create it that way. They ate herbs. It was a result of the fall and inviting the devil in. In the new world the lamb will lay with the wolve again.
Sounds more like arrogance.
Looks like everything went according to God's plan. What you perceive as the works of man I see a God's sovereignty. There is not one thing that happens that He hadn't already preordained.* Paul never claimed his letters were inspired, the church did. The church even said it's own councils were "inerrant". In fact when the OT books were all redone in Babylon the Hebrew authors made no claim of writing the Word of God. Those books were pseudo biographical works for spiritual instruction. After the return to Israel the people once again fell under bondage of the priestly yoke.
The original gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven was peached to the Jews, who were to be the teachers to the world (the 4 corners of the earth) but they rejected that gospel and killed Jesus. After the ascension the gospel changed.
Looks like everything went according to God's plan. What you perceive as the works of man I see a God's sovereignty. There is not one thing that happens that He hadn't already preordained.
You just said that the fallible works of man were not to be trusted. If we believe God is the Author of this world, the Creator of all things, then there is nothing that escapes His plan. Do you know what's going to happen tomorrow? No, but God does.Not true, the books of the Bible show many occasions where man did not do what was hoped for. According to this way of thinking Jesus was just pretending to try to reach the Jews all along.
They sinned within no time and they changed at once. Why is that so hard to believe? Lol even most Christians don't believe that but I do.LOL.
And where are all the fossil or skeletal records of these grass eating wolves,lions,sharks etc?There should be thousands.If not millions.
You just said that the fallible works of man were not to be trusted. If we believe God is the Author of this world, the Creator of all things, then there is nothing that escapes His plan. Do you know what's going to happen tomorrow? No, but God does.
God is not a big fluffy teddy bear that is all sugar coated rainbows and hugs. There are some Christians that might preach this, but then they're changing the Bible to fit them instead of changing themselves to fit the Bible. God is just like an earthly parent who wants His children to obey. Just like a parent has a need for discipline when it comes to a child's obedience, the same applies to the big picture. We are children of God regardless of your belief, and you are not exempt from making mistakes regardless of how 'good' you think you are. If you screw up as a kid, do you not ask your parents for forgiveness? When they forgive you, do you then not except it? What causes you such heart hardheartedness that you are unwilling to treat your Heavenly Father the same?
God's wrath is real, and it will pour out on those who refuse to accept his forgiveness. God is a jealous God, and He does not want us worshiping anything over Him. If you do not believe in Him, than you believe in something else. A false idol. The new false idols of this world are money, property, self, food, celebrities, etc. When we love something worldly more than God we are living in sin. We must love God, each other, and put our faith in Him. He has chosen us, and we should be thankful. Follow the rules of the loving parent who created us, and remain obedient to the Word of God. "For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God." (1 Peter 2:15-16)
If the loving parent is all-knowing and all-powerful, andAt a far away distance, there is a place called Hell. A rebelling child set up his mind and insisted to go there. What can the loving parents do?
He does not cast them into hell, their own choices land them there. If you go around committing crimes you go to jail. With God it is a life sentence.
The purpose of hell is twofold. 1) It is a punishment for disobedience, in other words it is prison. 2) The fear of hell is required to maintain order. Order in society can only be maintained by force or fear of force, it is the same in the spiritual realm.
If the loving parent is all-knowing and all-powerful, and
therefore would know, in advance, that one of his children
would definitively end up in hell, the loving, Omniscient parent
would likely refrain from bringing said child into the world to begin
with. But this is assuming that the God in question is, indeed,
all-powerful and all-knowing. If he isn't, then please disregard
this message.
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It's amazing that such a dysfunctional monster was able to create friendly moral people.I do love a bit of nonsensical 'God as Dysfunctional Parent' theology.
Healthy parents want their children to be fulfilled and happy, not to blindly obey everything they say. Given that is not possible for healthy parents to outdo God in morality, whatever the best healthy human parent wishes and indeed achieves, God also wishes and achieves for we his children.
St Anselm for the win.
It's amazing that such a dysfunctional monster was able to create friendly moral people.
God is not a big fluffy teddy bear that is all sugar coated rainbows and hugs. There are some Christians that might preach this, but then they're changing the Bible to fit them instead of changing themselves to fit the Bible.
God is just like an earthly parent who wants His children to obey. Just like a parent has a need for discipline when it comes to a child's obedience, the same applies to the big picture. We are children of God regardless of your belief, and you are not exempt from making mistakes regardless of how 'good' you think you are. If you screw up as a kid, do you not ask your parents for forgiveness? When they forgive you, do you then not except it? What causes you such heart hardheartedness that you are unwilling to treat your Heavenly Father the same?
Interesting choice of words. It sounds as if the universe, by your philosophy, has a personality and will. That makes a deity.
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