RE: Neat combination of verses.
September 13, 2012 at 1:52 am
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2012 at 1:54 am by Dumac Dwarfking.)
(September 12, 2012 at 11:55 pm)Godschild Wrote:(September 12, 2012 at 2:03 am)Dumac Dwarfking Wrote: If he knows everything about me and created me specifically as I am, and if my life was already planned out by Him before I was even conceived, then isn't God the one who condemned me to hell?
No, God did create you as one with free will, thus if you wind up in hell it all falls on you, your chose, your punishment. Your statement is like that of the thief, " well if he did not have all that money I would have not killed and robbed him." This logic of your's does not fly.
Perhaps so, though the subject of free will is certainly up for debate, however I'll put that aside for the moment.
(September 11, 2012 at 11:09 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: My Child,
I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5
Before I was created He knew exactly what I was going to be like, and the decisions I would make.
(September 11, 2012 at 11:09 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: My Child,
I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake,
for all your days are written in my book.
Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth
and where you would live.
Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother's womb.
Psalm 139:13
He goes on to say that He is the one that created me exactly I was, with purpose and intent. How then can I not attribute my atheism to Him. If He wanted to, he could have made me differently, without affecting my free will.
There is no reason God couldn't have created us with an inherit knowledge of His existence thus increasing greatly the number people getting through the pearly gates, which is exactly what he wants supposedly. And in case you're going to use that "free will" excuse again, I should point out that knowledge, in no way, negates free will. A good example would be the angels and demons you believe in. Angels were created with a knowledge of God, and yet some of them still chose to fall from his grace. Despite the knowledge of his existence, they still had their free will.