(November 13, 2013 at 3:12 am)GodsRevolt Wrote: I think the phrase would be more accurate here if you said, "The Almighty makes right."
I prefer "The Almighty makes righty"
(November 13, 2013 at 3:12 am)GodsRevolt Wrote: And, again assuming that we are talking about the Christian God and the theology behind the Christian God, God is the one that gave life to all mankind, God takes away life and is the only way that life and decides what will happen to the soul (the eternal part of you) after death. - This means that every time someone dies (which we all will!) your theory would have to call God a murderer. EVERYTIME! Not just the flood.
But He is the One that gave the life and everything that sustained that life to begin with. He creates life, but gets no credit for that???? A little too convent in your moral code.
I disagree. Unless god personally intervenes in every single act of procreation, god has created the system that allows life to be created. It's not the same thing. We are directly involved (and therefore responsible) for the creation of our children, but we would not be directly involved in the creation of our grandchildren. Well, barring any fritzl-esque activities, anyway.
Likewise, death is a part of that system, so unless god directly intervenes in order to make death occur, god is not directly responsible for it. We call god a murderer for those instances in which god has directly intervened to inflict death.
Quote:There is no way for man to strive to that level of power. We cannot create life and then sustain in this same way. Who are we to question Him when He made everything that we are and have? It is quite humbling when you think about it, as it should be.
I wouldn't count on that being the case for much longer:
'Artificial life' breakthrough announced by scientists