(May 14, 2015 at 8:00 pm)abaris Wrote:(May 14, 2015 at 7:51 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Got kids? Ever coach a little league team? We require things of others that are in their best interest, don't we? And if we who are mere human parents and coaches ask of those of whom we have charge, how much more would it be reasonable to understand that God may require things of us in preparation for entering into His presence?
Yawn. This argument is so old that it has grown a beard touching the floor.
God, according to your believe (I was Catholic too, you know) is omnipotent and omniscent. So, following that line of thought, he knows what you will do at every moment in your life before you are even born. The caring parent argument doesn't fly.
I'm not following you.
Yes, God is omnipotent and omniscient. And because He cares for us, he directs us and asks us to do things that are for our good.
How does that not follow? I do the same with my kids.
I direct them to take a bath and brush their teeth. I tell them to do their homework. I ask them to help clean the house EVEN THOUGH I COULD DO IT FASTER MYSELF because they are being trained.
Make sense?
