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If God Really Exist Then Why....?

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Archaeopteryx

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He actually does care about all of the suffering that goes on.

Then why doesn't he do something about it?

If you read the book of Revelation you will see that he is constantly avenging the deaths of his martyrs against the unrepentant as things get worse and worse.

Why does he need to avenge them at all? He could have prevented their deaths in the first place.

If that punishment is not enough and they are unrepentant, there is hell.

The very concept of Hell is irreconcilable with that of a just and loving God.
 
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He sets the rules,He chooses what is right and wrong, not me, not you, not anybody else.

Does he set the rules because they are good, or are the rules good because he sets them?

He's not punishing you for disbelief, He's punishing you for your sins you did not choose to have forgiven;)

Then he is punishing me for my lack of belief because I do not believe in the salvific doctrine of Christianity.
 
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"The greatest affliction in the universe is to never have been afflicted. UB 1955

The gift of free will creation comes with the potential for imperfection. That was even the case for Lucifer, a brilliant administrator who fell into grave doubting and self contemplation, embracing sin and iniquity, leading a rebellion wherein so many trusting souls were corrupted and lost, he who dared to confuse the whole world.

God lets the Atheist find his way iron not, to find him in truth not because of a mere miracle.


Trust the wisdom of the Father, those things which we find it difficult to understand in time we will come to understand in eternity.
 
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