(June 10, 2014 at 1:41 pm)Theonewhoanswersyourquestions Wrote:(June 10, 2014 at 8:29 am)RobbyPants Wrote: (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,
Except for that one time in the Garden of Eden, where he set a trap to justify eternal punishment.
(June 10, 2014 at 1:41 pm)Theonewhoanswersyourquestions Wrote: 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.
Creating a race of beings to worship God wasn't enough: They will be tortured for eternity if they don't.
(June 10, 2014 at 1:41 pm)Theonewhoanswersyourquestions Wrote: 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.
I'm sorry, do you really not see the parallel between life in a dictatorship with time limits, and a dictatorship in which you will be tortured for eternity for not living life the way your leader wants?
(June 10, 2014 at 1:41 pm)Theonewhoanswersyourquestions Wrote: 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
A being that gives created beings free will, and then demands they live by specific rules contrary to their basic human nature, and worship him for all eternity is not acting altruistically.
