if god created me and he wants me to believe otherwise i will rot in hell...
Why didnt he created me as a believer?
If he creates and he needs to be believed why doesnt he create only people who believe?
Free will??? it is the same as saying: "i want my child to become a doctor but i give him freedom to be what he chooses but if he is not a doctor i will punish him"
2007-02-10 14:12:50 · 12 answers · asked by whoknows 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes oohay but same analogy i want my child to recognise me as his father but when he is born i give him in adoption...he is not going to see me in all his/her life but i want him to recognise me as his/her father
2007-02-10 14:29:40 · update #1
it was originated by an ignorant mankind
2007-02-10 14:16:09 · answer #1 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
If you believe that we have free will, then you're correct, Christianity is illogical and I would have the same questions as you.
However, if we do not have free will, i.e. the ability to look to God for salvation, then we are left with a sinful man that deserves hell and cannot merit his way into heaven. This started with Adam and plunged the entire human race into sin. If we are so tainted with this nature, then no man can choose God for himself. God must intervene and do the choosing, and you can find scriptural support for this all over the Bible with his predestination, foreknowledge, election, etc. read at face value without any word-twisting to take that omnipotence away.
God is not "wanting" at all, and he would be totally justified in leaving us all in our sins, nothing at all that we could say about our condemnation. He doesn't "need" to be believed, it's our nature not to believe anyway.
He did create us as believers, Adam and Eve both believed. However, they, not God, took that ability away from us.
I can't rearrange your analogy of wanting a child to become a doctor because a parent can't turn a child's heart around like God can. However I will say that you can rest assured that the child, left to its own "free will" has no idea who his parent is, let alone wanting to become a physician.
2007-02-12 11:45:30 · answer #2 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not a crhistian. An example you give about chilren and father, that was interesting.
I will not punish my children becouse he not become a doctor, but I can punish him if he deny that I am is his real parents. So, if you have a children and deny that you was his real father or mother, what would you do? punish him? or just smile to him and says "do whatever you want, and think about me whatever you want". I bet you will not do that, unless you are a bad guy become a bad parent.
That is why my God will punish people who don't believe Him.
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2007-02-10 22:26:57 · answer #3 · answered by oohay_member_directory 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created man with free will because God wants individuals to chose a relationship with Him. If God did not give man the capacity to reject Him, the relationship would be meaningless. How could you truly love Him if there were no alternative?
2007-02-10 22:19:35 · answer #4 · answered by the dude 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God could have created mindless robot followers had He so desired. Even a man can do that much. He wanted us to be oh so much more!
2007-02-10 22:19:14 · answer #5 · answered by Amalthea 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You sure do look funny there in yer shorts asking questions in a Religious catagory.
2007-02-10 22:23:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are not being punished for a wrong decision. You are being punished for being unrighteous. The only way to get into heaven is to get rid of your unrighteousness through Jesus who forgives you and stands in your place.
2007-02-10 22:18:16 · answer #7 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He did create you as a believer but this is your sin that you continually talk yourself out of it because you love sin more than God.
2007-02-10 22:19:08 · answer #8 · answered by Midge 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
First: We are not sent to hell because we don't believe.
We are sent to hell because we sin. And since heaven and God are perfect, we can't get in without being perfect and righteous. That's only possible through Jesus.
It's our fault; not God's. People don't understand that.
If you start with this assumption, it's obvious that God loves us incredibly. He sent his son to die so we could live with him forever.
2007-02-10 22:18:23 · answer #9 · answered by Doug 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Missed your psychotherapist session again?
2007-02-10 22:17:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Please understand that Christianity does not own a copyright on God.
Isn't it possible that God is not really at all they way they describe Her?
2007-02-10 22:17:03 · answer #11 · answered by Huddy 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋