(July 21, 2016 at 6:42 pm)chimp3 Wrote:(July 21, 2016 at 5:31 pm)Godschild Wrote: I know you want me to say that I live in trembling fear of God each day, that's what ever atheist here believes and I explained that my fear is respect for the most powerful being who has providence over His whole creation. Meaning He can do whatever He desires and would be justified in doing so. The word desire does come with who God is, something I have yet to find atheist understand.
I have gastrointestinal reflux and a chemical imbalance in my brain that sometimes causes anxiety. Why is this important to you and me being fearful of God?
GC
I am wondering if you attribute your own maladies to gods wrath the way you did with your church fellows. If not, how do you discern between your illness and theirs?
No, my chemical imbalance was triggered by my fathers death and the reflux is most likely an inherited trait. It's not always possible to tell the difference for those outside of a persons sins. In the case of the people at the church it was obvious, several people all in rebellion to God's purpose becoming life long ill or dying before others in the church and then the ones left admitting they were wrong in what they did, not hard to see.
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.
