Seriously, why are we forced to make moral decisions?
This question occured to me, while I was watching King Kong. In that movie, there is a primitive village, with a big wall to keep out monsters. But right in the middle of the wall, is a giant gate. Why? Where there friendly giants that occasionally visited the village? Or more to the point, are there friendly spirits other than Lucifer?
2006-08-13 20:22:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
am I to assume that atheists don't moralize?
2006-08-13 20:32:22 · update #1
The serpent was Lucifer or the devil. Why would God put him in his garden? Probably, because our God is a loving God, so he would want the serpent to survive even though he(it) is a bad thing. God is full of love & compassion.
2006-08-18 06:08:46 · answer #1 · answered by vickeymcgee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The very same reason, why Jesus had Judas as a disciple, or Buddha had Devadatta as a disciple. What is seemingly "Evil" is put there for us to learn how to be good.
I believe Adam and Eve were not perfect at all... an image of God doesnt mean its perfect, and image of ourselves in the water isnt perfect, ruffle the water and the image gets distorted. So in order for Adam and Eve to be LIKE God, tests were put there to help Adama nd Eve achieve perfection... How else are they gonna learn what obedience is without the serpent there to lure them into disobedience?
Where Adam and Eve had failed, the descended Jesus had succeeded. And it is through learning his ways Christians will develop Godliness.... just as following the ways of Buddha evolves Buddhists into a Buddha being.
2006-08-13 20:35:42 · answer #2 · answered by Tiara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything God does is to show us who He is, and He is Love. His glory is revealed to us by everything we can see. We may not understand God's decisions because of our primitive minds, but God only moves toward us in love.
God gave us the freedom of choice. The fact that we are able to make choices proves that God doesn't want us to love Him because we're forced, but because we want to love Him. I don't understand what you mean by "moral decisions". Everyone has a different definition of morality, and changes over the years and in cultural context. Basically, God wants us to make the choice to love Him, and to understand that He loves us and won't harm us, even if there's dangerous elements around us. Nothing will harm us as long as we obey Him. But, we do have a choice-- and that's the beauty of the human experience.
The serpent in the garden is so symbolic of each of our lives. In every situation, we have a serpent in the garden that will tell us to do what we feel instead of what God has told us. We can choose to listen to the serpent or we can choose to listen to God.
The freedom of choice is what makes God just and fair. If we didn't have a "serpent", and had no choice-- God wouldn't be fair, He would just be a dictator that forced us to do as He wanted.
2006-08-13 20:35:00 · answer #3 · answered by retro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A race without moral decisions to make would be too perfect. And God himself said he was a "jealous god." By causing man to make a moral decision, God determined whether we are capable of being completely moral, which we are not. To then give the gift of ignorant bliss to a race of beings incapable of making even the first right decision would be silly.
2006-08-13 20:27:46 · answer #4 · answered by The Bulletproof Monk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assume for a moment that you were building a new spaceship, designed to travel to a distant galaxy.
First, you test it on the launch pad.
Next. you do a short, suborbital flight.
Then, you put it into orbit.
Finally, you get the smartest, slickest test pilot available to take it up, and mercilessly rerun all the tests, until something breaks.
Then, you fix it, and shoot for the stars.
Regarding your final question, as far as we know, 1/3 of the angels went bad and followed Satan, 2/3 remained faithful to God.
2006-08-13 22:15:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have no trouble with the cristian concept of god as a vengeful, bloodthirsty, omniscient(even though he doesn't know what our free will is going to wrought) omnipotent(yet unable to keep us from becoming as he,i.e. Eve eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge...) then why does the snake trouble you? We are forced to make"moral" decisions so that society can be a viable concept and reality.
2006-08-13 20:33:51 · answer #6 · answered by jshalejhale 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The snake in the garden is just a thinly vailed reference to the male organ. Wake up and smell the coffee. The stories in the bible are allegorical.
2006-08-13 20:29:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Point-Counterpoint" theory...how would you know the sun was shining if you didnt get some rain every now and the??
"Lucifer" means.."Light-bringer"..so..whats wrong with that??
It was actually a bad name for Egyptians worshipping the Sun instead of their Judeo-Christian god..they took the Sun and made it a demon...as always with this type!!
2006-08-13 20:30:36 · answer #8 · answered by G-Bear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't be an asp, it was put there to lure you guys.
2006-08-14 15:10:38 · answer #9 · answered by peppermint_paddy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all must be tested
2006-08-14 04:48:50 · answer #10 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋