RE: Can you make a God claim?
January 8, 2015 at 7:34 pm
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2015 at 7:47 pm by Simon Moon.)
(January 8, 2015 at 6:43 pm)Godschild Wrote: You need a better study of scriptures, God wants only those who love Him to be with Him for eternity, this life is given us to decide if that's what we want, I do and can't understand why everyone wouldn't want the same.
Forget what scriptures say for just a minute.
I am still asking, why couldn't he create souls that already love him and want to be with him?
Why would he go through game of creating a universe that lasts a minuscule amount of time (when compared to God's eternity) just to filter souls?
(January 8, 2015 at 6:43 pm)Godschild Wrote: God is giving everyone the chance to love Him and spend eternity with Him. He does not desire to have a bunch of puppets hanging around, pulling strings isn't love from either side, even though He knows not everyone will choose to spend eternity with Him He still desires none to be lost. It's that love He has extended to all, if accepted.
Doesn't God have a plan? Doesn't everything that happens (including my disbelief in his existence) happen according to God's plan?
If so, wouldn't my disbelief in his existence be part of God's plan? If not, then things happen that are not according to God's plan. If so, then God is not omniscient.
(January 8, 2015 at 6:43 pm)Godschild Wrote: He didn't need us or the universe, He was already living an eternal life (no beginning), God created because it was His pleasure and He created what pleased Him, because it was His desire.
A perfect being would not need external things for his pleasure. If he did, he would not be a perfect being. That would mean something is missing in his existence. If something is missing from his existence, by definition, he is not a perfect being.
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.
