Many of the questions I ask, questions Christianity. And I'm always getting believers that apologize for make excuses for their God. For instance, "God doesn't do evil, People do". Or God created Nature and a baby miscarriage is nature, not God".
That's like saying Guns don't kill people, People kill people. If God created the universe, he knew what evil we would do to each other. He knew beforehand and that is responsability. YOUR God is responsable for ALL of the babies dying, NOT Satan. God created SATAN. God created EVIL. Your God is a hypocrite and a liar.
2006-06-30 09:39:24 · 17 answers · asked by GobleyGook 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God does not need to answer to anyone. He does not need to justify His actions to His creation. He hasn't asked me to be His advocate, or to stand up for Him. I defend my God because I want to, as I would defend a friend against an accuser. I defend my God because I love Him, not because I think He is threatened by the scoffing of unbelievers.
2006-07-06 21:48:06 · answer #1 · answered by aaronelguapocr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer for that is: Dont blame God, blame Adam.
Honestly you sound like you are trying to convince yourself justifying your umm religion.
There are several kinds of Christians. Some who may believe that God isnt looking down at us anymore. Some believe there is a balance to all things and that what comes around, goes around. Some believe that there is something called the rapture where the sinful will end up on earth while the penitent will go beyond. There are so many stories that it all depends on how your persepective or at least on the writers perspective. Remember, the gospel was written in a different time and by different people in different languages. Can you see beyond what a higher being can see?
Ex: A man and a dog. Can the dog understand the masters instructions? Can a dog see beyond the masters intentions? He cant right? A dog can only see in black and white. He cannot comprehend what the master knows.
How can you as a human being understand what God knows?
2006-06-30 16:51:55 · answer #2 · answered by ongraiden 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to blame God for anything, you have to believe in Him first!
You call yourself an Atheist but judging from your anger towards God, you aren't.
I think what you are saying about guns is actually true. The guns really aren't the problem, people are. If we had no guns, we'd use knives and if there were no knives, we'd use stones.
The first murder in history took place long before guns (or any other weapons) were invented. Cain killed Able with his bare hands!!
Wars happened long before we had guns and weapons of mass distruction!
I don't know why Satan exists, all I know is that he wasn't evil in the beginning, he was just another angel.
It doesn't really matter though, because God took care of evil when Jesus died on the cross!
Jesus' death meant victory over the devil and all the powers of darkness!!!
Sin is no longer a problem for God, neither is Satan!
Through Jesus we have the power to overcome evil and to do what is right.
That's what Jesus death was all about, restoration.
We were created in God's image, to do good, not evil.
You are maybe wondering why God allows all this evil to continue? If satan is defeated, why is he still around and why does evil continue to thrive?
Because God gave us dominion over this world and because we choose to do what's wrong, rather than follow God. It's not even just about doing what the Bible tells us to do. Many people don't even know the Bible but God has given everyone of us a conscience and deep down we all know right from wrong. Satan only has any power on this earth, because we choose to do evil rather than good.
One day this world and everybody in it will be judged and Satan will be thrown into hell.
Until then, God invites us as individuals, to turn away from evil and to become the person He created us to be.
God will not force anybody to accept forgiveness though. He has given us a free will and He will not manipulate us.
The choice is yours. The question is do you want to overcome the evil that is in you? Will you allow God to give you a new heart?
I can see that you hate evil and everything that is wrong with this world. So do I and so does God.
There is only one way out though. You as an individual have to decide to turn away from sin and evil and to follow God.
This world as a whole will not become the paradise it once was, but God will make a new heaven and a new earth, a place that will be as perfect as this earth was in the beginning!
I hope you are going to be there.
2006-06-30 17:21:50 · answer #3 · answered by tabs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God has never needed anybody to apologize for Him, and never will.
According to your theory, if I had beer in my refrigerator, and my son had friends over who drank my beer when I was not there, I am responsible. GET A LIFE!!!!
Abortion is not Gods fault, or Satan's, it is mans fault. Satan cannot make you do anything you always have a choice as long as you still have breath in your lungs.
God is neither hypocrite nor liar, again that would be man.
2006-06-30 16:51:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blasphemous.
Ok...first of all...when he created ALL of his creation...Jesus...all the angels...the earth...everything in it...and us...he gave his intelligent beings...FREE WILL. Even if he knew that we'd become imperfect or not...he still left it in the hands of his intelligent beings to choose whether they wanted to praise God or not...Satan (an angel) choose that he wanted creation to worship him...therefore did not want God to govern. Then...he seduced Eve...and humans decided...they wanted to govern themselves...so what did God do...gave them what they wanted. But with that desire...came the consequence...humans sinned...they became imperfect...they die.
All in all...it was the individual decision...the free will in that person...that caused imperfection. So...why must we Christians apologize to God so much? Cause the decision that Adam and Eve made...they did so as perfect beings...we are imperfect...maybe if given the chance...we would choose to praise God...so God...being the merciful God he is...is giving us the priviledge...to ask for forgiveness. Haven't you ever gotten in trouble for others mistakes? How about even your very own parents' mistakes? We all have to live with it...so instead of blaming God for the decision that humans made...why not ask for forgiveness and mercy...and praise God. God didn't create evil...it was created through the egoistic desires of Satan...and the first couple.
In truth...who created Guns? Was it not man? Therefore...People DO kill people...so it should be more like: People made guns. Guns kill people. People kill people...with guns. But I think the analogy is incorrect...cause guns dont' possess intelligence or have any free will. You can predict what guns can do...they'll always shoot. But...human beings choose what they want to do...they have the freedom to.
2006-06-30 16:53:38 · answer #5 · answered by bloodless_lady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, god created the world..God created life..Indeed he created all of those things..but..how would there be a such thing as good without evil? and everything dies..that was just the baby's time to die. If everybody had wonderful healthy children the world would be over populated. It's common sense
2006-06-30 16:46:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not making excuses. God doesn't kill people sin and satan does that, It's not an excuse, it the truth. God has a purpose in everything. He gave everyone freedom to choose to do good or bad. People abuse that freedom. Chritians do not have to prove anything to you, God will do that in His own time.
And you are a coward because you wont even give God a chance to enrich your life because you are only thinking about you and no one else.
2006-06-30 16:45:41 · answer #7 · answered by Carol M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your viewpoint is concreted and your judgements are tainted and because of that one fact alone--what you see as an apology is for the most part--people making points that you can not see and CHOSE to view in that way--the reason you are so focused on this consistant line of crap is you have set yourself up as your own God and are having a ball with the world that you have created--this too will end---BE NOT DECIEVED--GOD IS NOT MOCKED
2006-06-30 16:49:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does not exist in real world, so there is no way he can do harm. He only exist in our imagination or belief. And gun doesn't kill people either, it is the person who use it kills. Guns doesn't have an eye, feeling, motion. We control it. It is a tool that help us achieve what we want. Almost everything in this world can kill, that doesn't mean everything is a killer.
2006-06-30 16:45:59 · answer #9 · answered by 2feEThigh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mkay...I often wonder why God would have created so much knowing everything was going to unfold as it has.It is odd.Especially telling Adam not to eat of the tree of knowledge knowing fully well that he was going to anyway.What was the point of God telling him in the first place?But then, only God knows...
2006-06-30 16:45:00 · answer #10 · answered by BuckFush 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋