RE: Can you make a God claim?
January 8, 2015 at 5:56 pm
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2015 at 5:57 pm by Simon Moon.)
(January 8, 2015 at 5:23 pm)Godschild Wrote:(January 8, 2015 at 5:15 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Why didn't Yahweh just create Heaven with the people/souls he wanted there in the first place?
Why did he create this entire universe (over 100 billion galaxies, each with over 100 billion stars and untold number of planets), just so one of these untold number of planets can be a 'soul filter' to see who gets to be in Heaven?
That's why you do not understand Christianity, you think it's all about getting into heaven, you're sorely wrong. The creation of the universe was for God to enjoy now and the new one will be for all the saved. Also the universe and it's immensity is a witness to God in the past and now.
GC
Several problems with this.
My point was not about getting into Heaven from the human point of view. It was about from 'God's' point of view. Why the need for a 'soul filter' to decide who he wants to spend eternity with? Why not just create Heaven already populated with the souls he wants to spend eternity with?
Especially since he would know ahead of time that the majority of the souls he creates would not make it past his 'soul filter' and would be destined for an eternity of torture.
Why would a perfect being need to create anything for his enjoyment? A perfect being would not need a thing.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
