The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good"

[Ryantology]

...Ephesians 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him WHO WORKETH ALL THINGS AFTER THE COUNCEL OF HIS OWN WILL: This verse crushes the "free will" doctrine

That interpretation makes a mockery of all other scripture. Why would God give people commandments, admonish them to obey them, and threaten them with punishment for disobedience IF He did not also give people the ability to chose and follow those commandments. Everyone is predestined for heaven, i.e. you have been created to recieve God (the 'pre' part) so that you can reach your destination (destiny). Fate is inevitable, but destiny must be chosen.

Why did God give people a set of laws, AND remind everybody when he's Jesus that they must be followed to the letter until "everything is accomplished", yet Christians believe that this does not actually apply anymore, even though all of Revelation has yet to take place? At no point in the Bible does God or Jesus ever redact a single one of his rules, nor does he ever suggest that one day, it'll be cool if you just pick and choose which commandments you want to follow and which you want to ignore, yet that is precisely the interpretation all modern Christians take.

The mainstream Christian interpretation of this section of Matthew 5 makes a mockery of all other scripture. Either all of it applies forever, or none of it applies, ever. Nothing in the Bible suggests that there is ambiguity, or that you get to choose which rules you want to follow.

The idea of Christians going to hell because they do not repent for the sins of ignoring Mosaic law would be kind of hilarious if the whole religion wasn't so asinine.