RE: The Problem of Evil combined with the problem of Free Will
May 24, 2017 at 11:59 am
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2017 at 12:02 pm by Aroura.)
So the answers I'm getting are:
God is not just. We are all sinners, so if he saves anyone, then hurray. He's not saving anyone on merit, either, but apparently picking them for reasons unknown to humans, as apparently even denying him isn't enough to send you to hell. ? Is this all correct?
So basically, God works in mysterious ways, he'll save those he chooses to save for his own reasons that we can't possibly understand. Also, life isn't a test, yet it isn't Gods fault we suffer, even though he made us able to suffer in an unjust and uncaring universe?
None of this makes ANY sense to me. How can you believe all these contradictory things, like that God is omni-everything, yet isn't responsible for our suffering? Not all suffering (nor even most) is a result of human behaviors. Drought, flood, earthquakes, disease, hunger, are most often the outcome of things humans have zero control over.
If Life isn't a test, why are we put here to suffer, instead of just going directly to heaven, as some other beings supposedly got to do?
God is not just. We are all sinners, so if he saves anyone, then hurray. He's not saving anyone on merit, either, but apparently picking them for reasons unknown to humans, as apparently even denying him isn't enough to send you to hell. ? Is this all correct?
So basically, God works in mysterious ways, he'll save those he chooses to save for his own reasons that we can't possibly understand. Also, life isn't a test, yet it isn't Gods fault we suffer, even though he made us able to suffer in an unjust and uncaring universe?
None of this makes ANY sense to me. How can you believe all these contradictory things, like that God is omni-everything, yet isn't responsible for our suffering? Not all suffering (nor even most) is a result of human behaviors. Drought, flood, earthquakes, disease, hunger, are most often the outcome of things humans have zero control over.
If Life isn't a test, why are we put here to suffer, instead of just going directly to heaven, as some other beings supposedly got to do?
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
