RE: How far reaching are God's powers?
November 11, 2020 at 10:46 pm
(This post was last modified: November 11, 2020 at 10:53 pm by MilesAbbott81.)
(November 11, 2020 at 9:34 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Excellent, and how can you be held responsible for what you cannot control, again?
Well, you're assuming that you shouldn't be held responsible for what you can't control. Says who? Perhaps we shouldn't throw insane murderers into asylums, but let them roam the streets...? I mean, if they can't tell right from wrong, then why hold them responsible at all? Let them be free!
Can you give me a reason why you shouldn't suffer for committing an act of rape, particularly if God is trying to teach you that it's wrong and will only bring suffering upon you? I mean, you know it's wrong, but you do it anyway, does it make sense to you for God to just let it go, to not punish it at all? Who is He supposed to punish, Himself? Why, if He meant it for good? And the criminal, why not, if he meant it for evil? After all, he did the crime, right? Should his uncontrollable compulsion exonerate him, does it change the fact that he did the crime? Should he remain free, to do as he pleases? That would thwart God's plan. Who are you to determine the rules in a world run by God?
Evil doesn't exist for its own sake, but to accomplish God's purposes. If God doesn't punish evil, then it makes no sense for it to exist, because no lesson can ever be learned if wrongness isn't addressed with consequence.
You want some easy, cut and dry answer when the issue is more complicated than that, and if you're honestly assessing it you can admit that. I won't hold my breath.
(November 11, 2020 at 10:01 pm)Gwaithmir Wrote: “If this is your God, he’s not very impressive. He has so many psychological problems; he’s so insecure. He demands worship every seven days. He goes out and creates faulty humans and then blames them for his own mistakes. He’s a pretty poor excuse for a Supreme Being.” (Gene Roddenberry)
If God demanded worship every seven days, then He would receive worship every seven days. And besides, the fourth commandment doesn't even say that, which makes the quote particularly stupid. Can't even get it right!
God makes no mistakes. Zero.
