1st: If god is all-loving and benevolent, why would he create Satan, knowing that he would turn evil and try to corrupt all of humanity?
2nd: If god created all the species of plants, animals, and bacteria on Earth, why did he let some go extinct? We have fossils that show past-living animals that are not living today. This can be explained by evolution, but not by god. Why would this happen if god is perfect?
2007-10-18 10:13:25 · 21 answers · asked by Uliju 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
nayda: so what you're really trying to say is, "I have no clue how to justify that, so I'll just say that we're not supposed to question him."
2007-10-18 10:19:23 · update #1
1) Why does God create you and me when He also knows we will sin against Him and do harm to others? Apparently the value of willing creatures is greater than the value of robots, and angels as well as humans were apparently created with some measure of choice.
2) Why would this matter? Perhaps various extinct species had reasonable purpose in one period of earth's history but not in another. They are still going extinct today. Think of it like a space ship. When it is launched there are more rockets and fuselage at take off than return, because they separate and are abandoned after having served their purpose.
2007-10-18 10:21:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
God didn't create Satan - Satan rebelled against God and now opposses all God's works [and therefore opposses all righteousness]. As for why some species becomes extinct? The natural life of this earth was decreed by God - there is a natural ebb and flow, part of which is adaptation & extinction. Also, God gave man dominion over the earth -- Man has caused some species to become extinct, and at judgment, will be accountable for good or ill. God is perfect - that is why all that happens is according to God's plan [don't be mistaken as to believe this means that God espouses evil or wickedness, rather, that he has given us the ability to choose between right and wrong for ourselves and we will be held accountable for those decisions.]
Best wishes
2007-10-18 17:25:36 · answer #2 · answered by strplng warrior mom 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not just Satan, God created all mankind, knowing that one day man would sin and turn from God. As far as extinct species, everything has a time and a season. Evidently the time for that particular species has passed, just as humans live for a time, then pass away. But life is eternal and everyone lives on in spirit, and other brand new "species" are born every day. That's the circle of life.
2007-10-18 17:22:17 · answer #3 · answered by beattyb 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
#1. I'll agree with you that God is loving and benevolent, but not that God is all-loving. God was glorified in the creation of Satan. He did not "not know" what would happen, although those folds into infralapsarianism versus supralapsarianism and just how much God reacted to Adam's sin.
#2. God is in charge of his creation. Life and death are both under his watchful eye. Extinction of a species does not mean that God is imperfect. But it does mean that his decrees are carried out.
2007-10-18 22:13:38 · answer #4 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 When Satan was created he was an angel who was with God but he sinned and fell away from God which is why he God's enemy.
2. Would you like to live with the dinosors i certainly would not you would not be alive if you did.
Evolution does not prove anything. There is more to prove God existed and created the world than there is to support Evolution. Evolution is a theory and not a fact therefore there can't be anything to prove it.
2007-10-18 17:28:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Jesus name, stop quibbling over a plant species and realize this is your SOUL you are wagering against some stuff about bacteria and plants and stuff that means absolutely nothing.
Do you have any idea how trivial you sound? God loves you and you want to argue?
Take a listen at what the absence of God is like...
2007-10-18 17:31:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alright 1. Gone over a million times... He did not create the EVIL in Satan, Satan rebelled. God gives free will, and well "why does He continue to give a crazy dude free will to hurt us all" well that was Satan's choice, and God made the choice of free will, and He cannot go against His word. It's other's mistakes that screw up the world.
2. God is perfect. People are not due to their own mistakes that they themselves made. With sin came sickness and other wicked things...
2007-10-18 17:19:46 · answer #7 · answered by spinelli 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
God did not create us or Satan as puppets or robots, we have choices and those choices have consequences, like if you do not brush your teeth, you will loose them. So our decision and Satan's, made a different in this world.
He gave us an alternative though; because of His love for us, He gave us His son "Jesus" who died to give us eternal life, and never suffer again. John 3:16. It is still your choice!
2007-10-18 18:40:10 · answer #8 · answered by carribesalsa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My belief is that God allows evil in this world so that we will see how much we really need Him. If everything was all good none of us would see a need for a Saviour.
Second, God did not let things go extinct, Our misuse of what He has given us is what has caused things to go extinct.
2007-10-18 17:18:41 · answer #9 · answered by flashypsw 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I pray that you will think outside the human box and not need justification and proof for everything. Much of the Christian faith is a mystery. It is beyond human reasoning.
Why don't you ask God instead of Yahoo Answers?
2007-10-18 17:32:04 · answer #10 · answered by Brian G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋