(May 27, 2016 at 4:40 pm)Gemini Wrote:(May 27, 2016 at 2:24 am)Godschild Wrote: No it can't, the Bible clearly lays out for us God's purpose and that purpose is redemption...
Yes absolutely, without doubt...
Trying to sort this out. Do you believe it's possible for God to command someone to poke a baptist in the eye for the sheer pleasure of watching the baptist suffer? Does God have the freedom to issue such a command? And if he did, would it be morally justifiable for me to act on it, just in virtue of God's having commanded it?
No, that would be a mean person with the possibility of Satan or one of his minions working on the heart of that person. That's a debatable issue, God has the power to do anything He wants to, but I believe that God is limited by who He is love, compassion, grace, caring and ect. So to answer your question I do not believe He would. Your last question is highly debated but the answer is IMO no you would be guilty of sin but God would be justified in His action. Now I've answered these questions with this in mind, the word command you are using should be influenced. A command by God would have to be by necessity for everyone, and wouldn't we have a crazy world where everyone went around poking each other in the eye.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
