Hey you christians out there, can you help me with some questions?(part 1)?

Question

1. If God didn’t want homosexuality, why did he make it possible? Even more importantly, Why make it feel good. It doesn’t make sense.

2. Why would a God who loves everyone, why would he order his followers to commit genocide against the Canaanites? (book of Joshua)

3. On the same thread, what about when little children were taunting Elisha, and God summoned bears to rip the little children apart?

4. Why would all loving God create Hell? Hell is a place whose only purpose is to torture people for eternity. Not the creation of an omni benevolent god if you ask me.

5. Why did God create Ebola, a disease that turns people into more or less guts jello? Seems sadistic to me.

I'll ask more questions later, i really need answers.

And no, this is not my homework or anything. I'm just curious, i want to know more, and no one around here knows much about religion.

the stuff about elisha is in the second chapter of kings

Answer 1

Because, because, beeecaaause... the wonderful wizard of Oz!!

Answer 2

1. God didn't make homosexuality, it is either a choice or a a defect at birth in which the parent choose the gender and have been known to chose incorrectly. God us all unique for a reason why is not for us to question but only to learn & accept each other. Doesn't matter what we think, everybody is free to live their own lives. I know some poeple that love God & are gay but it is probably because they accepted themselves and that is a big hurdle (let alone met the standaerds of society). It feels good because that is their way of life.

2. That is part of the Old Testament, when God dealt with the people directly and was probably a way to get them to stop doing something wrong. Some people may say punishment but it is really just God's way of trying to get the evil out that the people were not doing for themselves. God is really for life which is why we now have the New Testament.

3. God has reasons for all that is done. In this case I would venture that these children were not being cared for properly and had no parents to love & teach them not to be so foolish so God sort of brought them back so they could do no more harm. (THAT IS JUST A LOGICAL ANSWER, you said you wanted answers... so I am trying, logically!).

4. God didn't create Hell.... we did by choosing our own evil ways over the right way. God is all for life and the best, Hell was not God's intention but more a less a torturous state we do to ourselves by continuously never doing the right thing and dying with the torment (refusal of a good life).

5. Once again God has a reason for all destruction which usually promotes some sort of evolution.... We shouldn't seek to know all the answers but to trust that God's plan is perfect.

Answer 3

Good questions.

1. All of God's creations can be abused. Sex, money, love, etc. can be abused in different ways. God created things to be done a certain way but we chose (Genesis 3) to not listen an instead learn how things can be abused. Keep in mind that just because it feels good does not make it beneficial.
2. The Canaanites had literally profaned and blasphemed God by worshipping other God's. What would you do if your creation started worshipping something else as higher than you?
3. I suspect that these children (youths in the NIV) were demonized, though I can't prove that because it doesn't say so. I don't think the taunting was the only thing they were punished for. They had likely committed many other sins for God to execute this punishment.
4. See answer to number 2. Why would God want to spend eternity with people who hate him and blaspheme him? We were created for God's glory alone.
5. Hell is much worse, so don't be too concerned about earthly diseases. These things exist because in the beginning we turned away from God's perfect creation (Genesis 3), thus making ourselves imperfect bringing about diseases, etc. Death is caused by sin, Jesus was sinless and thus conquered death.

Answer 4

Good questions, real answer would be don't know 100% for sure why. However, we can speculate as to a possiblity.

1. There are a lot of things possible that aren't Godly. Murder would be one. Following your logic, because murder is possible it is "desired" by God. Theft is another thing that is possible and theft probably feels good. To have things that you didn't have before. Not completely sure, but would have to say that if those things weren't possible it would nullify free-will. For something to not be possible would be to not have a choice. Not completely sure about "feeling good."

2. There is not enough time to explain the theology on this. There is an answer though, just seek out someone who can take you through it a piece at a time. (sorry it sounds like a cop-out.)

3. same as 2

4. Hell is often misconstrued as a place of torture that is created. Truth is hell is most likely the absence of creation. It is to make it as if you never were. Fire is often used in the bible to show the total destruction of something, it burns all remains until nothing is left but ash. For people who haven't submitted to God's authority they would sin (miss the mark of God's perfection) in which case they can't be in His presence. Therefore they will be made as if they never were.

5. Did God create Ebola, or allow Ebola to happen. Again, if God were to intervene in every aspect of life, then it would give people no choice but to acknowledge Him. It would nullify free-will. If God wanted to nullify free-will we wouldn't be having this discussion.

Answer 5

1. God never said anything about homosexuality. The lines most people refer to deals with demoralizing men and women when talking about Sodom.

2. We were brought to life in God's image. In a sense we aren't much different from God. Maybe God was exploring. Maybe they were just insane. Not every act in the bible in necessarilly completely true and they might not all be from God. People easily mistake the voice of evil for God.

3. I really don't remember that part. Are you sure that wasn't a tale to scare children?

4. Hell is for those who deny life. Hell is not just a place of eternal torture it's also a place you can dwell in in life. For those who live a life of evil that cannot do anything but evil and seek out evil they deserve to be given the hell they made others endure. I don't believe that everyone will go there just by doing something wrong. God knows if you're good or evil and I don't think he would put a good person there for doing something wrong even though they regret it.

5. No one said God created Ebola. Yes it's a horrid disease. I believe it was created by man. We are the reason for many illnesses what with our tampering with genetics and other things to try to create weapons of death. For all we know ebola was a test subject from a military trying to create a biological weapon. Many illnesses in the world were created as biological weapons.

Answer 6

1. God may make them. It mightt be predestination and for a reason. Maybe it's a test.

2. That may or may not have been God seeking vengence. But God does sometimes ask of man to kill. God expected man to kill animals as sacrifice. God exterminated a lot of people with the flood. God could have done this himself but could be testing loyalty. Maybe God actually wanted to see if MAN would REFUSE. Maybe it was a test.

3. Again we don't know for sure that was God and we also don't know how serious the taunting was. Young are not supposed to be disrespectful of the elders. They could have been predesitined and that was part of the plan.

4. God didn't create Hell as far as I can recall. God created heaven and Earth. It is the war between Good and Evil that will spawn all the fire and brimstone. Good people leave with God for Heaven, bad people stay with the fire and brimstone.

Seems like Man is creating hell to me, with smoke in the air, greenhouse gasses, hair sprays that let in deadly rays that give use problems.

That isn't God's doing, that's man. Man listening to Satan, maybe?

5. Some do believe that God sends plagues to the Earth, Ebola, AIDS, Herpes, etc.

Maybe God wants to see who will survive. Man or Ebola.

The first thing with your questions is you are asking US to speak for God, when we can't.

The bottom line is this:

God will look for a person's name in the book of life. If that name is not there they will not go with God to HEaven.

We have a limited critera of understanding this and it revolves around the Beast and the Mark of the Beast and those who Deal and Follow the Beast.

If it turns out the Beast is the Pope or Martin Luther or George Bush or Sosma, then a whole bunch of people will be in trouble. Including a lot of people who "thought" they were safe and had a "get out of jail free" card.

The Bottom line it God makes the final decision based upon God's critera.

You are asking us to explain all these things when due to our nature of "playing god" and trying to decide what is right or wrong, each of us will have a different view on the matter.

We can only speculate.

Why, if the Allied Forces in WW2 were so "great" and so "right" did they slaughter so many kids with the invasion of Normandy. Almost no one using a parachute survived that night.

Few survived the assault on the beach.

Answer 7

1. God made a lot of things in this world/life possible--and they might feel good--but that doesn't mean they're right.

2. God had a lot of wicked people killed. God wants good to flourish, not evil. He tried several times to keep the evil to a minimum, but it never seemed to work completely. There were always more people who rejected God and His ways, and rebelled against Him and essentially spat in His face.

3. The children who taunted Elisha knew that he was a man of God. God says you cannot mess with one of His without getting consequences for it. Elisha was an anointed of God. These kids knew better. I'm sure it was an example to all for a long time. It is still an example to me.

4. Evil and Rebellion gave "birth" to Hell. Not God. Some say evil is the absence of God, as darkness is the absence of light. Where Hell is God has removed Himself from.

5. Many horrible things came out of the "curse" after the fall. We have to live with these curses in this life. It helps me to crave the life I will get after this one that has none of the bad things this one has, all the more. I can't wait!!

Answer 8

Okay, I don't know the answers to 1, 2 or 3. All I can tell you as much as God is love, He is not necessarily nice - heck, at times He can be downright viscious. But...

4 - Hell was created as eternal punishment for Satan and the fallen angels, the 1/3 of angels who joined Lucifer (as Satan was called then) and tried to overthrow heaven. Satan and his followers were cast out and came to Earth - one of his titles is Prince of the Powers of This Earth (some sources say some of the fallen angels were banished to Earth, some to a "temporary prison" called Gehenna). By causing the fall of "Man" (Eve was deceived, Adam straight-out disobeyed) Satan played his master-stroke - now mankind was damned and would have to be consigned to Hell along with him. Satan's greatest lie is that he rules Hell (as many people believe). He doesn't - any more than any of the inmates rules Guantanamo Bay.

5 - I don't believe God did create ebola. Ebola is a disease, a corruption of the physical body, and God is not known for corruption. Satan is. Perhaps Satan created it, perhaps Satan corrupted a microscopic lifeform to become ebola, maybe ebola just happened. But since the Fall of Man (and woman), this world has not been under God's direct control.

BTW - any readers of the Islamic faith, please feel free to read "Allah" instead of "God" in my answers, I would not be offended, and did not want to offend.

Answer 9

1. Homosexuality is a choice. We aren't puppets. That's
why God made it possible.

2. He is perhaps a Wraithful God? Which is why we suffer
now because of Adam and Eve's error. And why Satan is left
here to mess with us. Why we must die as a sacrafice. And
why there is a hell for those who can't keep it together.

3. Refer to my answer above.

4. You say God is Omni Benevolent? Reality shows something different.
But if you hang in there. Maybe you won't end up in hell.

5. Oh, did God do that? I thought that was our doing.

Answer 10

It all depends on how you believe. If you want to believe everything in the bible and take it literally, then you probably won't get or like the answer. But if you believe like me, the answer is that god is inside of you from the day you were born, and so is the devil. God tells your heart that something is a bad idea and the devil makes it look appealing. So the answer to your questions in my view are-

# 1 He didn't create it man did, listen to your heart when it comes to this topic.

#2 Again he didn't man did, He gave us the will to do as we please.

#3 I believe that one was a story to teach a lesson.

#4 This is because he wants us to have a choice, so he created the devil- a being who is full of hatred. It is up to us to chose where we go. Its kinda like he didn't want to have a monopoly on where we go when we die.

#5 This one i don't know, maybe its side effect of creation.

Answer 11

READ The Bible, new Testament, He became so angry with the peoples sins that he made the men to lust after men.

Your problem is that in you arrogance, you over look the profoundness of every sin in Gods eye sight!

You tell your lies at your leisure, you degrade others whenever, steal, sneak, deceive and think nothing of these things. Never mind that you violate the law.

If you are so high above GOD that you chose to judge His actions, do not look among us for support! You are as evil as the office worker that say to the other, "Don't you think our boss is a real Butt Hole? Should the questioned worker agree, you go right to the boss and say, "They said you are a butt hole"

The roads of life, through out the chapters of time are littered with the bones of hypocrisy like yours!

The MAD MAN