How can you claim God is responsible for all of creation, then absolve him of responsibility for the parts that fail?
2007-07-11 06:36:52 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God, through His Son, created all things.
I find no failures in the world that He created.
I do find abnormalities in some of the people that He created, but that is because God did not create man with the wisdom to know all things, so man makes mistakes and from those mistakes comes abnormalities.
If God had created mankind with the same wisdom that He Himself possesses, there would be little purpose in life.
grace2u
2007-07-11 06:44:36 · answer #1 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It seems your main obstacle is that you don't understand the terms you are using. You mention God is responsible for our behavior, then you mention that parents are responsible for "teaching and instilling discipline." Yeah. That's what God does. But just because He and parents do that doesn't mean the we and the child will do what He and our parents tell us to do. Why? Free will - a concept you appear to not understand either. God gave us free will, specifically the right to choose when presented with a choice, without God forcing us to make a certain choice or preventing us from the same. Because of free will, we are capable of evil and good - both equally. We see this played out on a daily, hourly basis. In other words, God did not make us evil nor did he make us good. He made us with free will. This is the most striking expression of love, because it counts on each of us to choose Him, choose a relationship with Him. This is because God understands the true nature of love. You don't accept "the free will argument" because you don't understand what it is. God is not responsible for what you do - YOU are. Any opinion to the contrary is simply just another average schmoe attempting to shed accountability and responsibility. God bless you.
2016-05-19 12:42:04 · answer #2 · answered by ignacia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is responsible for all of creation... in the beginning it did not fail...then sin entered...you have to understand God gave the creation of this world to man...it is mans fall that has caused the problem..
2007-07-11 06:41:47 · answer #3 · answered by ✞ Ephesians 2:8 ✞ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because we have a big responsibility with the free will.
I think you would like it in heaven, everything is going to be perfect over there. You do not have free will anymore. And we all live in in harmony, no pain and suffering anymore.
Our hearts really long for that perfect place.
2007-07-11 09:02:12 · answer #4 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free will. God didn't force man to sin, that was man's choice. The fall was not "part of creation", since everything that God created was "good".
2007-07-11 08:29:47 · answer #5 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What parts? If you mean man, then there's free will. Sin in this world as a result of the disobedience of man also accounts for many problems. God's original creation had no problems.
2007-07-11 06:40:31 · answer #6 · answered by Machaira 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am not sure about the question. When you say, "God is responsible for all of creation" what do you mean? Beyond that, what are the "failures" that you allude too.
Can you take a minute and expand. I, for one, would appreciate it.
HTH
Charles
2007-07-11 06:43:56 · answer #7 · answered by Charles 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Great question!
They claim that god created EVERYTHING, but evil is the work of satan.... ummm.... didn't god CREATE satan.... and since he is all knowing he should've known that satan would turn against him.... why didn't he just destroy him instead of letting him fall to rule hell!? it just doesn't make any sense. He killed many humans for disobedience..... like that one guy.... damn, i can't remember his name.... but he was some important guys son.... and his brother died so he was commanded to have sex with his brother's wife so she can have a baby....b ut he chose not to impregnate her.... he spilled his seed somewhere else.... on her face or something.... and god killed him for not giving his brother's wife a son.... or something like that...... why would he kill a human.... one of his "children" for such a stupid thing, but then let this fallen angel live when he should've KNOWN the consequences of allowing him to rule hell??
Unless it was all part of his own plan..... to use him as a scapegoat for his evil deeds, perhaps!?
I'm rambling! Sorry! LOL
2007-07-11 06:43:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
My guess is you're gonna get a lot of that "free will" garbage. These fundies wouldn't know free will if it looked them in the face. It's a shame, really, to be brainwashed that effectively.
2007-07-11 06:55:04 · answer #9 · answered by Some Lady 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things going "wrong" may indefinitely be a part of God's plan. However, God knows that humans are fallible creatures, and prone to error because we are sinners. We have free will, and that includes the free will to make and cause mistakes.
2007-07-11 06:42:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋