(July 20, 2011 at 7:40 am)Welsh cake Wrote:(July 19, 2011 at 10:40 pm)C Rod Wrote: God gave us choice.Why?
If we are so incapable of making decisions for ourselves without selfish motives that ultimately result in our decline and self destruction into Hell then why give us free will in the first instance? So god can shift the burden of responsibility onto us and make us accountable and nothing else?
Your god concept is the equivalent of a bumbling parent who gives his inexperienced developing child a loaded gun and acts all surprised when the child cannot handle the responsibility and commits terrible crimes with the gun. The only thing that's missing from your "story" is that god gets his creation taken off him by social services and put into proper care.
Is not choice good or do you wish not to have the burden of choice? A good man will make a good choice if he is truly good and an evil man will make an evil choice if he is truly evil. What do say about these men; what would a lawgiver or judge say? A gun compared to choice is a little extreme. If he shoots someone does his ignorance prove that the crime did not happen. Adam and eve both knew what God commanded and when another choice arose one different than the first they jumped at the chance. After that they sought the resources of the garden to fix their problem and hid from God. God asked them what they had done and she blamed the snake and he blamed eve but they did not seek God. They missed the mark every time but "The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them." Gen 3:21
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