Let's say there's a fire and a fly is unknowingly flying into this fire. You don't want this fly to be harmed so you catch the fly and break its wing so it won't do it again. The fly's intelligence, of course, doesn't understand your compassion for him and is angry at you for breaking his wing, or his freedom to fly. Well, that's what it's like between God and us. His intelligence and compassion are far greater than ours and we can't understand his compassion toward us and His love of our souls. He breaks us because He loves us.
2006-09-09 05:14:52 · 15 answers · asked by ziema26 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I enjoy all of your answers! I smile as I read them because there is no way to rationalize with an all-knowing, omniscient God! Humans are incapable of having an intellectual debate with the One who created us. God knows everyone on earth by name - He can see and hear everything we do and say. You think you can debate with someone like that? Seek the Truth and the Truth will set you free, but you have to seek!
2006-09-09 05:52:23 · update #1
Good analogy. Sometimes man does act as though he posses the intelligence of a fly, because he feels that he has to touch the fire to know that it will burn him. You can't just get rid of the fire, because that would take away the heat and light source. For us, it is the sun. To constantly fly into the fire, would be suicide. The creator would have to do something to prevent this from happening.
2006-09-09 05:53:58 · answer #1 · answered by classyjazzcreations 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please provide reliable, empirical evidence for the existence of your god. After you have done this, please provide evidence supporting your assertion that your god is merciful and benevolent. Until you have done this, I will remain skeptical.
And besides, instead of breaking the fly's wing and permanently crippling it, why not put out the fire? A fly cannot survive with its wing broken off. This seems more an act of ignorant cruelty and stupidity to me.
Edit (in reguards to your additional comments): Why do you not provide evidence for your assertions? Such an act only makes you sound ignorant, childish and arrogant.
Also, you make the claim that your god is omniscient. But free will cannot logically exist if there is an omniscient being. Therefore, no human being has any control over their own lives, and thus, we are either destined to heaven or hell before we are born. Why would your god create people with full knowledge that they would end up in hell?
2006-09-09 05:25:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is really cruel, I don't think I could believe in a god that would do that. That is a horrible story.
Why didn't he just say, "Hay stay out of the fire."
Besides we have fires here and the birds leave you know a grass fire is coming. The animals all run ahead of it.
When animals start running through the yard. You know to get out of the way. theres a fire. I like the free will thing better.
Then we are responsible for our actions. U go in the fire to bad.
2006-09-09 05:26:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure whether a fly would unknowingly fly into a fire. They seem to be more intelligent than that. They have quite a good sense of smell and even better eyesight, lol.
2006-09-09 05:22:49 · answer #4 · answered by coastcat2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fly with a broken wing will starve to death. Thus, the compassionate, intelligent being has saved the fly from instant death, but doomed it to starve slowly and painfully, without understanding why it can no longer fly and powerless to change its situation.
Your analogy just don't get it.
classyjazzcreations: Your knowledge of insectile physiology seems to be limited. Trust me. A fly's wings are pretty important to the fly.
2006-09-09 05:36:15 · answer #5 · answered by marbledog 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe the fly is flying into the fire not because he is too stupid to survive, but because he knows what's on the other side of death.
2006-09-09 05:18:28 · answer #6 · answered by Pierre 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gosh. This is the scariest metaphore I have ever seen.
"Breaking his wings or his freedom to fly."
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2006-09-09 05:28:10 · answer #7 · answered by Axel ∇ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is a god and he cares about me, I would appreciate it if he gave me some kind of sign. I'm already broken, thank you no, and would like to be fixed as I am tired of waiting.
2006-09-09 05:19:28 · answer #8 · answered by tomleah_06 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i enjoyed this question, I feel like the fly today
2006-09-09 05:25:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not just extinguish the fire to eliminate the danger?
2006-09-09 05:16:33 · answer #10 · answered by Dave 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋