(November 6, 2017 at 10:54 am)possibletarian Wrote: Why test, when you supposedly created them and knew them at birth. In your scenario it seems as if god does not know who and who will not come to him. Why not for instance only allow those to be born who will gain eternal life. God according to the bible can raise people for a purpose (they supposedly still have free will) so it is possible for a god to do.
Being tested so that we know is just silly, we can still have free will and choose god if only those who will be saved are allowed to be born.
The only scenario that makes in sense in creation, is that god created some purposely to go to hell for eternity, if he pre-knew then that was his purpose.
I did not say the test results were for God.
Let's say in the process of making individuals with free choice/not free will, 1/3 will ulitmatly not want to be with their creator.
Now let say the creator knows who is who.
But the created doesnt.
Is it then fair to create and then throw said creation away (before you try and draw a simple minded parallel to judge God think on how 'we' do the very same thing with our unwanted babies) without established cause or reason to both parties?
So then God gives us a moment in time apart from his known glory to prove to ourselves who we are. If he allowed us time to live with complete knowledge of Him then we would ultimately be intimidated into following God. However removed frm the glory of God where God is a possibility and not a certainty we are allowed to live out our truest sense or we are allow to become who we really are. (while the cat's away sort of thing)
This way at the end of you life and through your final jusgement there is no doubt in your mind or heart that where you will be is where you belong. There is peace to be found in Hell in the comfort that God has rightfully placed us where we need be. or at least that is what i felt just before what was me was to be consumed by Hell fire. My only regret in all of that was, what if I had only known the truth, and not the atheist propaganda that was/is being force fed and pawned off as higher thought.
