(June 10, 2014 at 8:29 am)RobbyPants Wrote:(June 10, 2014 at 2:31 am)Theonewhoanswersyourquestions Wrote: I don't know how many times this needs to be said before you understand, God give us the free will to do what we want, but since we are flawed in sinned, out body I flawed also, it is not Gods will that the children were harmed or that the insane woman harmed these children, it is the work of Satan in his meddling, so people like you continue to believe that the Christian religion is a terrible thing, we don't just slap every bad thing that happens in this world with a label, God does not cause these things a dearly hopes it does not, God does not intervene with our free will, except by giving us signs of his love, and hopefully you take these signs and do the right thing with them, still I don't know what this post has to do with God, the fact that he did not intervene? We'll bad things happen in this world and it is the fault of man.(emphasis mine)
The bolded parts are not compatible. You first say that God gave us free will, then you go on to say that he's not responsible for the actions taken by said free will. Why? If he hadn't given us free will, would we be doing evil?
Since Christians love parent-child analogies so much when describing God's methods, let me give you an analogy. Lets say I put a cup of poison directly in reach of my two-year old. I tell her not to drink it, but I leave it out there all the time, 24-7, and do nothing to stop her from drinking it. Who is at fault if she drinks it? Will any adults blame her and not me?
On a side note, Theonewhoanswersyourquestions, what is the point of free will? Why do we have it? What does Almighty God gain from us being able to make choices as opposed to not being able to make them? What does he gain from us being able to make terrible choices?
That is a terrible analogy because God does not directly put harm in our way, if God did the it would be his fault, but since we cause our own harm, it is then our fault, and God doesn't get anything from our free will, other than the joy that some of us choose to worship him. God does not do things out if his benefit, but of ours, let's look at this, what country do you live in? Do you live in one of the free countries like America, Britain, or do you live countries like Iran or North Korea, where you are forced to live your life the way the leader wants. Obviously the free county because you're on this site, but which one would you rather? God's main choices go towards our happiness, he looks out for us not himself
