RE: Four questions for Christians
July 10, 2013 at 2:16 am
(This post was last modified: July 10, 2013 at 2:26 am by Consilius.)
(July 10, 2013 at 12:03 am)NoahsFarce Wrote:Congratulations. You've made me do a lot of thinking. My head hurts.(July 9, 2013 at 12:57 am)Consilius Wrote: I actually decided that I needed to revise my answer and put it in a previous post:
"God CAN do all these things. The reason he doesn't and never will is because it is contradictory to his nature, and, as God, his nature will remain constant because he wills to keep it that way. God WILL NOT make a rock he can't lift because he is all-powerful. God WILL NOT cease to exist because he promises to be with his people, and he WILL NOT lie because he is truth. God WILL NOT change, nor is he under the inclination to do so, because he [isn't human]. That fact in itself will not change, in the same way two plus two will not change to five under any circumstances."
God has the physical capability to sin. The reason this sounds absurd is because we know the Christian God to NOT sin. That is because his omnibenevolent nature does not change. God refuses to change because of the responsibility he has to humanity not to change because he is their God.
In the same way, God WILL NOT clone himself because the universe is under his control alone, and needs to remain so so that only the events he ordains occur because of the responsibility he has to the created universe.
First of all, I would like to applaud you for revising your answer. It shows that you are willing to rethink a position when faced with enough of a challenge.
Now, going with the rock theme...
So God can technically create a rock he cannot life. So let's say he does create one. Forget about reasons again. Let's just say he did it. What becomes of God in this scenario?
On one hand, his omnipotence allows him to create a rock he cannot lift. On the other hand, if the rock is immovable by God himself, he was never omnipotent to begin with even though he created it. This is paradoxical. It is a fallacy in the idea of omnipotence. I am telling you, omnipotence is illogical. No such thing can exist.
To make a rock bigger than himself, God would have to create this rock and make it heavy by an authority higher than himself, which cannot be called upon because it does not exist. This authority would be God. Therefore, the rock can not exist.
God can not make something that can not exist. Such a creature would be illogical. The illogical cannot come from a being that is logical. Or else the being would be illogical and would cease to exist.
God cannot make himself not to exist because that would be self-contradictory, and, since God is truth, he cannot contradict himself. Also illogical and non-existent.
Something that does not exist cannot be done.
(July 10, 2013 at 1:46 am)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: ?As long as the person is sinning, God's anger will fall on him, and the sinner will only have Hell to look forward to.
i mean to say the person cannot be separated from his sin, according to the bible if he already knows it's a sin before he commits it. meaning you were just pulling things out of thin air.
i don't really care what the bible says about things like these, but i was just pointing out that you were making baseless assertions.
It's like insurance coverage. Christ died so that he could redeem whoever followed him. Those who refuse to follow him can not be redeemed because they are holding themselves back. There is no redemption for them on account of their sin, the sin they choose to remain in.
When the sinner repents, he gets Christ's sacrifice all over again and he can look forward to being with God. God's anger remains on all those who continue to sin because they are sinning.