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life is a drop in the bucket, so to god, what is its purpose

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it seems simply to weed out those who are with him or against him.

we live on earth

earth ad everything it is possible to learn or percieve while on earth is the evidence we are presented with.

at one point in time we have to decide if we beleive in what the followers of christianity and jesus are saying is true.

if we make the right choice before we die, we exist for eternity in (from new international bible, paraphrased): "the joy of heaven is beyond our understanding or comprehension, but the descriptions in this passage make it clear that it is not something that humans wuld want to miss" (remember this was paraphrased form a NIV study version, passage explained at the bottom of page)


for each human, life is a drop in the bucket, and its up to a mystery (fate? destiny? god?) who sees and knows what, and makes the right choice.

they say gods enemy is satan. and he is on the prowl.

well he has done a great job.

no telling ow much he controls on earht, there is a good bet that he managed to plant dinosaur bones that we would carbon date to being very very old, he also gave the buddists, eggyptians and hindus knowledge that allows them to see beyond a world of human perception and human reality, a world that sounds more like what quantom mechanics is talking about. physics must obviously be controlled by the devil too.

so why is god doing this whole experiment

i guess thats one of the mysteries that lets faithful christians keep their sense of "whimsy and wonder"
 

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those are some interesting thoughts. I don't know what you are referring to about the hindus and egyptians, they worshipped statues and created things, and they have become pretty powerless nowadays.

I have faith one day we will know all answers, the bible gives hope of that with God.

"Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:12-13
 
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But there is 'love.'

1 John 4:8 states that God is love. In understanding 'true' love and our inherited desire for love we see no 'drop in the bucket' present.

We are created in His image. I know I have always marveled at robot technology and the advances in creating 'computer bots' (just take a look at Chrisbot here on christian forums and marvel at the 'work' that went into that program)! God created a far more advanced creation than man has ever been able to. Thinking, breathing humans that are able to love or not love freely. Creations with free will.

We are wonderous creations -- no matter what choices me make in life. God allows the sun and rain to fall on 'all' alike.

Love though does not fail, like humans in their choices. It is love that builds faith and in the end that we are judged upon (Christ said this is the greatest commandment that we love God with our whole heart and one another).

While this should be easy...the problem with humans (unlike robots) is that we assess and analyze everything and sometimes this can interfer with our ability to 'simply love.' **sigh.

Prayers that you might find some benefit in these words.
 
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thanks, those are beautiful words.
 
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i thought we dont have the ability to simply love though.

i work on simply loving as much as i ca. every momet is an opportuity to act, and its best to act out of love tan aytihng else if you ask me.
 
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We do have the ability to love, just not perfectly.
perfect is an abstract idea. god system certainly isnt perfect by our standards. projecting perfection anto whatever god does also doesnt work by or standards. by our standards his plan is imperfect.

how can his love be perfect. the abstract idea of perfect love is limited by the defined personality/egotitic/failing and at the same time succeeding (satan caused us to rebel, but somehow its all in his plan) god in the bible
 
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This forum is not a Discussion/Debate Forum. Your preaching to us is not the intention of this forum.

I disagree with your views of Hinduism and Egyptians. I have heard from ex-Hindus and ex-Muslims, they have a different testimony than you share. I also know some who do worship things that give them a bit of power. It isn't much though, compared to God.

Please stop preaching to us. If you don't like the answers we are sharing, go to the Discussion Forums to debate, this is not the appropriate forum.
 
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