If fate is planned by God, how can he persecute you for sin?

Question

Ya know? How can God say that you have to go to Hell if He already planned every step you make, every thought you think?

Answer 1

if everything was planed... then the answer would be he can do it cause he has that authority. but, the thing is, he doesn't plan out every singe step.
The thing is... He knows what you will do, but he does not make you do it. See the difference?
So when you do something wrong, it is your choice, not planned by God, but known by him.

Answer 2

Wrong. You make your own choices and your own fate.
The eternal laws from God leave you no other choice then making your own choice. So if you know that, better sow something good as you will for sure reap it. No way out of that.
God has nothing to do with our sins and with punishment. He does not plan your fate. You yourself are responsible for everything yourself. But it is always easier to blame others.
There would be so much more to say. God helps us in ways that many people are totally blind to. Open your eyes, search for real answers and you will find them.

Answer 3

Fate is predestination. If there is fate, there is not freedom of choice. No free will. In terms of an outline, then choice is all we have.

Life is relative. There is only good if there is something bad. If God intended us to act a certain way, God wouldn't allow us freedom of will. God knows that life is relative, and that we only call things sins and evil because it hurts us. And, we don't like being hurt, and aspire to better feelings (i.e. love).

Don't let others tell you what is sin, evil or bad. Isn't that a judgment? Isn't that a sin in itself? Man has come up with some flawed ideas, and sin is one of them.

Answer 4

Well, according for the official catholic theology:
All is about free will, that is true moral freedom to choose between good and evil. And no persecutions nor fatalism.
You are always free to choose between sin (that it's moral evil) and goodness, so you are not persecuted, you choose with your moral freedom to sin enough to go to hell.
God had planned your life, but you are free to choose even against him. That means that you can twist freely his plan, but He always will have in his true love a backup supposing you want to go back to him.

Answer 5

How do you treat a liar? You can never completely trust him, so you must always test him. The Hebrew doesn't believe God punishes, he tests the person. What you view as persecution is a test of your faith. He knows what you will do, but you don't and that is what the test is all about. To make you realize two things; what you really are and who is in charge.

I understand the religious POV, but I am not one that holds one.

Time for levity. "What we have here is a failure to communicate!" ----- Cool Hand Luke.

Answer 6

Sorry, this is a mix-up. God does not "plan" your every step. You are a free agent, free to obey God, free to disobey God. It is your choice.
But, God being omniscent, knows before you say or do something that is what you will say or do. That is not the same thing as "planning" it or making you do it.
He simply knows all.

Answer 7

Fate doesn't necessarily mean every step you take is pre-planned. I believe free will does exist and fate only deals with specific, major events in one's life, such as when someone will pass on.

Answer 8

I have no idea where you get that claim.
Most traditions hold that God, although he does KNOW what's going to happen (which is irrelevant because he lives outside of our timeline anyway), has given us choices to make.

Answer 9

There is supposedly a "plan" for you -- in which you have "free will" to follow or abandon. (Obviously, if you stray, then you are sinning.) Not a lot of wiggle room there.

Answer 10

god "knows" since he is the end. all things are "suppose" to move closer to god. the means by which one does so is what makes one subjected to judgment.