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Who is greater a father who beats his child down every time he makes a mistake or one who is forgiving and waits for his repentance?
Also, evil is not a thing but misuse of the gift of free will - something that only angels and humans were given, btw.
Go ask a philosopher . . .
But would a Father let his child walk off of a cliff into a lake of fire to be burnt to death?
But would a Father let his child walk off of a cliff into a lake of fire to be burnt to death?
What death? Christ put "him" to death. Next objection...
As for the guy who quoted the OT. The evil spoken of in that context refers to natural disasters and the like, i.e. evils from a human perspective albeit not from a divine point of view. Sin is the only evil in as much as it separates one from God and internal life. Btw, to suffer evil in the former sense is not evil since it is the source of rewards (see Job). To inflict evil of course is evil.
I mean the like of fire for all eternity death. That one is done by God himself.
I mean the like of fire for all eternity death. That one is done by God himself.
Everyone has the chance in this life and perhaps in the next.I mean the like of fire for all eternity death. That one is done by God himself.
I don't think we see Hell the same way as the western world sees it. I see it as a place of darkness where the glory of God feels like a fire to those that have chosen to reject Him.
That old quote by Epicurus is interesting but the more I've studied theology the more I disagree with it.
Evil is the result of sin which is caused by human free will. Now why God allows people to suffer because of the actions of others I don't know, it's a question I've been struggling with myself.
Yes I have been reading some Epicurus lately.His writings helped get me through a stomach/gall bladder surgery a couple of years back with no fear going into the operating room.
Unfortunately they do not jive well with my current endevor into Orthodoxy. I have tried reading Ecclesiastes to replace my Epicurean thoughts but it is rough going. I am filled with tons of fear these days.
My wife asked me the other day "So since you are doing the Christian thing again do you believe me and the baby are going to hell?" I mean what could I say to thatSo then I just got mad at God for the 50th or so time this week. The whole hell thing scares me to death anyways, almost as much as eternal life dose(thats a whole other post).
Yes I have been reading some Epicurus lately.His writings helped get me through a stomach/gall bladder surgery a couple of years back with no fear going into the operating room.
Unfortunately they do not jive well with my current endevor into Orthodoxy. I have tried reading Ecclesiastes to replace my Epicurean thoughts but it is rough going. I am filled with tons of fear these days.
My wife asked me the other day "So since you are doing the Christian thing again do you believe me and the baby are going to hell?" I mean what could I say to thatSo then I just got mad at God for the 50th or so time this week. The whole hell thing scares me to death anyways, almost as much as eternal life dose(thats a whole other post).
Yes God,If God,
did not make evil then who was able to create something God did not?
God/Jesus is great because He loves you!, enough to extravagantly...If God allows evil, then why is he great?
yeah, considering all that you'd lose, but more importantly all that you will yet gain, it's a supreme act of stupidityIf God is so great, why evil?
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