If god knows everything in advance, why would he let someone be born who he KNEW would never adopt christianity, only to roast in his little torture chamber for eternity? Is he some kind of sadist? or is it too hard to send the holy spirit into the other two thirds of the population?
2006-09-05 18:23:29 · 21 answers · asked by John S 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Typo, it should have been powerful, instead of powerfu,l. Sorry
2006-09-05 18:24:03 · update #1
Do people say "I won't answer you 'cause I know you are just trying to prove a point and not ask question", really just people who don't have answers? I would love to know why you guys believe this, do tell.
2006-09-05 18:29:20 · update #2
My money's on sadism.
2006-09-05 18:48:36 · answer #1 · answered by Aussie Chick 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Believing in God is about having faith. And God created free will as well... sending the holy spirit to set things straight would kinda put a kink on that, ya think? I'm not sure why it's like this but believing and having faith is so much more about listening to your soul and your heart than being told by someone, something, or from birth that he exists and being shown the proof. And God is not always about christianity. God exists in other religions---
2006-09-06 01:32:11 · answer #2 · answered by 1hAppyMoM 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
God has given us free will, and He has given us the Holy
Spirit to guide us to Him, should we let Him. See, God is a gentleman and He will only come into your heart if you invite Him in. So He puts us all on this earth and He gives us a choice, follow Him or not. If you choose not to follow Him, then you will like you said "roast." God is fair, He will not condemn you if you haven't heard His Word yet, it's only after He comes and tries to guide you to His ways and you reject Him time and time again and you die without accepting Him that you go and "roast."
BTW: The Bible says that God's word will be preached in every corner of this earth, so everyone will have a chance to be saved, even the "other two thirds of the population" as you put it.
2006-09-06 01:34:21 · answer #3 · answered by Godisgood 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Because in his perfect wisdom he gives us each choice. A person can reject him, and bear the consequences. He does not want "robots" that do not genuinely love him.
God is God and you are not. The Holy Spirit comes through faith only, and acceptance of who God is. A perfect God cannot otherwise have relationship with sin.
But he gave us a way to him, didn't he?
Read the first two chapters of the Book of Romans or "The Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren.
God Bless.
2006-09-06 01:27:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
The answer is that this sort of god was a made up god to pacify the sadistic tendencies that most christians have towards thier fellow man who do not believe as they do.
2006-09-06 01:24:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yep, i think you've got the jist of it. Of course, the all powerful God also has the power of choice to who he saves, and yes, the rest seem to go roasting as to their own accord. Life was never meant to be fair.
2006-09-06 01:51:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Congratulations. You have just disproved Bible God.
I imagine you're gonna get a lot of freewill arguments, because these people just can't get a grasp on foreknowledge. God already knows who is going to be eternally tortured before he even created their souls..or the Bible lies and God is not all knowing.
2006-09-06 01:28:52 · answer #7 · answered by AiW 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Part of the deal of getting a soul was that you also got free will. He gave every soul the choice.
Similar as to how a parent must at some point let their teenager decide what to do with their lives and just let go..
He left the evidence of the correct path in the world, and let us decide whether to 'see' it or not.
Everyone knows of heaven and hell, don't they?
Is that a coincidence?
2006-09-06 01:27:19 · answer #8 · answered by lucy_shy8000 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Actually "moshydog", you are wrong. Contradictions are just that, contradictions.
The christian bible is full of extream contradictions and those listed on squirrelsisland.com are but a few.
Maybe you need to re-read your own bible and the link you provided before you go shooting your mouth off.
2006-09-06 05:20:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd attempt to answer your question, but you aren't really looking for an answer...since by implication you assume you already know the answer to your statement.
I'd be curious why you feel the need to generate this type of question? It is nothing but angry raving, over something that you have no real understanding of, and no desire to gain any knowledge.
2006-09-06 01:27:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Judging from all the other contradictions and stuff in the bible I would have to go with the whole Sadist thing personally
2006-09-06 01:25:52 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋