RE: christian school project
October 3, 2016 at 3:58 pm
(This post was last modified: October 3, 2016 at 4:03 pm by Simon Moon.)
(October 3, 2016 at 3:21 pm)lighthouse Wrote: This is for a school project to post a christian post on an atheist site and answer questions or reply to comments. Please be mature and give feedback.
Q: If God is a God of love, why would he create humans knowing the mass majority would end up in hell?
A: God is indeed a God of love. He loves all of his creations yet holds humanity among his favourite and loves them more than the others. First and foremost he created us with the gift of freewill. He gave us a perfect earth with no death or sickness. It was all just sex, good food, beautiful views, and tame animals. God had a very personal relationship with Adam and Eve. He didn’t force them into loving him back. He gave them an escape button. They took it. He is always chasing after our hearts and only wants us to chase after his heart. His love is not forced and he gives us an option. Think of it as you have 5 children. Three of them will end up addicted to drugs and being thrown into prison for stealing and murder. The other two will solve world hunger, cure cancer, and lead the nations with strong morality. You have a choice to kill them all or raise them all. God chooses to raise them all up with the same amount of love and chances to love him back. Only two choose to love him back and let him pure his knowledge and supernatural love into and the other two rejected him yet he was still with them even if they couldn’t see.
Hi and welcome to the forums.
So many problems in your post, not sure where to start...
First of all, to claim that your god is a god of love, requires one to ignore an awful lot of the actions attributed to said god in the Bible.
But let's look at the supposed option you claim that the god gives us:
Quote:His love is not forced and he gives us an option
It is no different than the 'option' given by Mafia bosses to those that need to pay him "protection" or have their business wrecked.
Mafia boss - "This is a real nice store you have. Be a shame to have it come to any harm. All you have to do is pay me $100 a week, and I'll see to it that it is protected".
God - "That's a real nice soul you have there. Be a shame to have it punished for eternity. All you have to do is believe I exist, ask me for forgiveness, and worship me, and I'll protect it from harm".
How are either of the above a true option?
The only difference is, it can be proven that the Mafia boss exists, and that the punishment for making the wrong choice is not eternal.
The worst possible universe I can imagine, is one where the Bible god actually exists.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
