RE: God: The Great Tempter
February 22, 2016 at 7:27 pm
(This post was last modified: February 22, 2016 at 7:29 pm by Lek.)
(February 22, 2016 at 7:03 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:(February 22, 2016 at 6:25 pm)Lek Wrote: God doesn't make the choices for us. You can choose whether to murder someone or not.God does make the choice when he doesn't give Adam the knowledge to know good and evil, puts that knowledge in the fruit of a tree then tells him not to eat the fruit. God knew what would happen. To say god is not responsible is to betray an astounding lack of understandingg cause and effect.
I agree that Jesus is God, but I don't get what you mean when you say that God sacrificed a hull. Jesus is man as well as God. When he died, it was a man who died. How does Jesus being God effect the sacrifice?
Then instead of teaching the man, god leaves him to fend for himself and the first time Adam breaks a rule, he gets capital punishment.
Would you treat your child like that? Would you treat your dog like that?
God clearly told Adam not to eat of the fruit of that tree. Did Adam have a choice to eat it or not or did God force him to. Remember, God wanted us to have the ability to choose. He didn't create us as robots. The fact that you think he's bad is one your reasons not to believe in him, but it has no effect on how God chooses to do things.