instead of waiting for noah and abraham to come along, killing thousands more people, and starting over with people who had already been tainted for generations? He obviously had no problem with wiping us out, so why not do it when the problem first arose and get rid of sin altogether? Did he not know how to make us again? Was killing only two people too easy? Less fun? Was it because Barney Fife wasn't around to tell him to "nip it in the bud?" Why?
2006-10-09 11:21:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Right now my Line of Thinking is that GOD has already done this. No one has proven to me that the Earth is 6000 Years Old, or that it is 5 Billion Years Old (I tend to Believe it is 4 to 5 Billion Years Old). In the Bible, Genesis, it says GOD Created Man. Later it says that GOD Created Adam. I Believe these were two different Events at Different Times.
Something about Free-Will. I think Humans keep messing it up, no matter how many times HE has to destroy them and then Start Over.
We all will find out when this thing is over.
2006-10-09 13:41:21 · answer #1 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're assuming the Christian wisdom of Genesis 2 is the only one. it incredibly is not any longer. bear in mind that those Scriptures belong to the Jews, even nonetheless the Christians use them. Our interpretation is fairly diverse. on an analogous time as Christians study the story as "G-d had plan A and mankind screwed it up and now it fairly is Plan B", Judaism asserts that it fairly is Plan A, what G-d initially meant. Our Yetzer Hara, or "Evil Inclination" is merely our organic tendencies. If it have been to be bumped off, there may be, for example, no intercourse and for this reason no toddlers. the belief is to no longer eliminate our instinctual nature, yet to channel it in direction of solid. it fairly is an fairly diverse concept than the Christian concept of unique Sin.
2016-12-13 05:13:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're looking at death from the wrong perspective.
1) Due to sin, everybody is liable to die.
2) Even when the body dies, the eternal soul continues to live.
3) God always intended to save all those who were willing to accept him.
3) Based on all of the above, it doesn't really matter how many die, and when.
God takes the long view of things. And who knows how much effort it really takes to create?
2006-10-09 14:16:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
For one thing, Eve was deceived and was not out right disobedient and wicked. Adam listened to his wife and that doesn't get men too far these days either. God had a plan and sometimes we humans have to accept that and stop trying to figure of what God was "thinking". After all when you're all-knowing then you don't have to do much "thinking". He just knew how it would turn out. God also did not wish for the flood to occur and did not wish for humans to have wicked thoughts only and for them to turn against God. God gave humans a free will and when they chose to turn against God then God decided to wipe them out. That was when he found one righteous man named Noah. After all, if he had gotten "rid of sin altogether" then where would God's ultimate plan have come into play? Jesus. He knew all along that Jesus would die to save the sins of the world so why wipe out sin and create little robbots? Now we have the use of our free will to excersise. Do we choose to accept His free gift of salvation and eternal life or do we choose our own sinful pleasures here on earth and eternal seperation from God? Either way it is our choice and cannot be blamed on God. Humans made the decision to sin and humans have the choice to let Jesus' sacrifice pay for their own misdeeds or to pay for them themselves in hell. I don't know about you but its one easy choice for me. And, I'm glad that God allowed me to have a free mind to choose instead of being a mindless slave that must praise God or die. We all have a choice.
2006-10-09 11:31:31 · answer #4 · answered by eileen 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
At the time of Adam and Eve there was still hope for man. By the time of the flood there was no hope things would change.
2006-10-09 11:35:35 · answer #5 · answered by kellermanintx 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He wanted to make sure that if he was going to wipe out humanity, that it was going to involve the maximum amount of death.
thus, he waited until noah
2006-10-09 11:24:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why doesent god just scrap you?
Becouse he loves you.
And he knows that through all that misrepresented anger you have, theres a good god loving person Deep, deep ,deep down.
If theres a slim chance youll turn out allright, he'll take it.
WOW!!! Now isent that a just god?
2006-10-09 14:59:50 · answer #7 · answered by gotslayer 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mhmm...smart question...but a little dumb. Nothing wrong with a chuckle every once in a while. Good work, fine chap.
2006-10-09 11:34:10 · answer #8 · answered by Elizus 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
IF YOUR CHILDREN SINNED WOULD YOU JUST KILL THEM AND MAKE MORE?
GOD LOVES HIS BABIES.
ADAM AND EVE WERE HIS FIRST BORN.
2006-10-09 11:25:15 · answer #9 · answered by funnana 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋