(January 28, 2014 at 4:18 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Yeah, I think that quote could just as easily be said to christians. You can focus on the happy things that Jesus said if you want, but he either serves or is the same guy that told his recently freed chosen people that they can have land that's already occupied by other people. Setting aside land for them apparently didn't include keeping other tribes from using it beforehand.
What makes you believe God controlled history to the point of not allowing people to inhabit land they came to. Could it be that God saw it was good that these people prepared the land for His chosen people, after all these people never did anything to help the Israelites.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.