Could the only logical explanation to this theory be that the Bible must be wrong?

Question

Hey Christians! Here’s something that will make your brains tingle:

According to the Bible God is All-Powerful. This means there are no limits to his power. He can do ANYTHING. This includes the power to make himself All-Knowing. Obviously this means he knows absolutely everything. He knows everything that's ever happened, everything that's happening right now, and everything that will happen in the future with everything from what you're thinking to how many cells there are in your body etc. Absolutely everything!

Apparently he also made us.

So, when God makes someone, he knows everything that that person will do in their lifetime before they're even born…. because he knows everything.
The problem is, why does he still choose to place “evil” people on this planet? He knows that they'll end up in hell once they die, so is he not condemning that person to hell before they're even born? There doesn't seem to be any justice or logic in there, it sounds more like a trap.

Thank you postamal

If God gives free will, then why did he create the 10 commandments?

Okay, "Free will". For a start NO. Let me dumb it down for you:
God makes person X. God knows person X will be an evil person is his lifetime. God knows X will kill, rape, and steal for X's own greed. God knows X will use his "free will" to do bad. God knows that he will go to hell once X dies as X will not repent. God knows all of this before X is even born, and yet, he chooses to do absolutley nothing to stop it. He doesn't change X. He doesn't interfear with X's life (because it's X's free will!). All along he knows X will burn for eternity. It does not occur to God to make X good before X is born so that X does not have to go to hell.
It sounds really twisted. It's like putting your baby on train tracks before it arrives. You know what's going to happen, and it won't be nice. Yet you just stand there and let it happen, without trying to save your baby.

Answer 1

sounds like God is being prejudice to someone who isn't even born yet...

Answer 2

Regardless of the fact that God knows everything, that person still chooses to be evil, the Bible says that God is not willing that any should perish. Personally, I believe that God while he does know everything, it is more due to the fact that he exists at all time periods, therefore, God knows everything because he exists in the present just as much as he exists in the future.
This is a very difficult concept to understand, but even though God can do anything, he chooses not to do some things because it would violate other parts of his nature. Such as some people say, how could a loving God send someone to hell, but what they forget is that, yes God is loving, but he is also just, therefore God's justice cannot be outclassed by His love.
The problem with the question of why God lets evil people be placed on the planet, doesn't take into the account that, First God does not want autonomous worship, Second, any man could freely be forgiven of their sins and be considered righteous if they only repented, God asks for nothing more. Finally, all men are born inherently evil, therefore, in order for God to stop putting evil people on earth, he would have to stop children from being born

Answer 3

Let's start with I'm not christian and I think I have a good answer to this. Free Will. He knows all because he is part of everything. We are all stardust in complex combinations. No 2 the same. Like snow flakes. Each of us has the potential for ultimate good or ultimate evil. Free will allows us the choice to see what we have done and make future choices. The choice is still ours. He allows us that choice.
So instead of complaining about the evil in the world. Do something to remove your own "evil" from it. Reduce what you do to others regardless of what they do to you. They CHOOSE to do those things and you can CHOOSE not to follow suit. Every action is a choice. Even the ones that save your skin. Good or bad every action is a decision.
You don't choose to breathe and live but you can CHOOSE how you use that breath to move.

Answer 4

No, the bible is not wrong. With all due respect you do not understand Christian theology. It's kid of a complicated subject but basically heaven and earth are all about free will and choice and the fact that God will not violate free will in either of those two realms.

Edit: God gave us the 10 commandmants, but He doesnt' force us to follow them.

You may think it's ironic, but the ability to follow the 10 commandments is actually the only way to truly be free. For example. Thouh shalt not kill. If you have the desire to kill someone, then I guarantee you, that you are not free. If you don't, then you are free of that commandment, because it is not a burden for you. Likewise, how free is the alcoholic, or the drug addict. Those are all things that take away our freedom, and in parallel are viewed as sinful in Christianity.

edit2: The only people that burn in hell are the ones' that knowingly choose to reject God. Like I mentioned above. You really need to understand Christian/Catholic theology before you ask a question like this, and clearly you don't. Instead your lack of understanding just causes you to be condescending, when in reality you're the ignorant one here. I'm not sure how to dumb it down any more for you.

Answer 5

Knowing what someone's going to do and controlling what they do are not the same thing. I've taught AP Calculus AB about 13 times now. During any given lecture, I can pretty much tell you who is going to ask what question when. Granted, there are always at least one or two questions that surprise me, but for the ones that don't - does the fact that I know what question they're going to ask mean I made them ask?

God created you with free will. You have a choice. The fact that God knows what choice you will make in no way absolves you from the consequences of that choice.

There - that wasn't so hard, was it?

Edit: "If God gave us free will, why did He create the ten commandments?" Uh-huh. If America is a free country, then why are there laws?

Answer 6

God cannot do anything. You misunderstand omnipotence. There are many things he cannot do such as lie, steal, cheat, cease to become God, etc. What it means is he has all power to accomplish his purposes.

Just because he knows what we will do does not mean our end state will not be worse than the beginning, it will be better. Did not King David, who was guilty of adultery and murder state that God would not leave his soul in hell? Surely he will pay for what he has done, but he will not be left there.

Answer 7

He doesn't "place" evil people on the planet. We were given free will which means that we are able to choose the paths we take. Everything isn't written in stone. A person can change what he does, right?

Answer 8

Am I the only one who is enjoying watching all the christians squirm about this question? Surely they dont believe what they are saying, if they could think logically for once they would realise how retarded the whole free will crap sounds.

Answer 9

You really should read the bible or have someone explain it to you if you can't read it.

This is covered in the bible.
Yes God may know everything.
God also made you and gave you FREEDOM to choose your own path and so you have.
As for evil that's what Adam and Eve bought for you.
Protected in the Garden they had only two rules and they were not to eat this and not to eat that.
They ate one and got into trouble so God decided to let them learn with their new found knowlege he cast them from the garden to learn of the evils of the world.

Wow you really got me didn't you.
Good Luck

Answer 10

First, let me correct your definitions.

God doesn't "make" Himself all knowing. God IS omniscient.

Omniscience means that God knows EVERYTHING KNOWABLE.

First, even if God DID know that you would do evil, I would compare that to a pregnant mom looking forward to her baby. If she knew that this baby would become a criminal, would she abort the baby? No, of course not - she loves that little baby she's carrying! God loves YOU, even though you ARE desparately wicked.

Second, DOES God actually "KNOW"?

Do you play chess?

Did you know that there are some master chess players that can "look ahead" as many as 8 to 12 moves? They study their opponent - their previous games, their attitudes, et cetera. They could, if they so chose, write down the entire game play before the game ever begins. Does that mean that their opponent doesn't have the choice of what moves to make? Of course not.

God is infinite and eternal. He knows you right down to your DNA. He knows your attitudes, He knows all you've ever done, and He can tell you exactly what you would do in any circumstance 100% accurately. But that doesn't mean He controls you. You still have free will, just like the chess player.

God's knowledge does NOT preclude our free will and the responsibility of how we excercise our freedom.

BUT - God didn't LEAVE us in that state. He came to earth as Jesus Christ, the Son of God, to redeem us and set us free from the bondage of sin. ("Don't you know that you are a slave to the power that you choose to obey?") ("Whom the Son sets free shall be free, indeed")

So, God sent His Son, Jesus, to pay the penalty for OUR sins - ie crimes against God. It even says that even though Jesus never knew sin, yet He actually BECAME sin. He traded places with us. He took OUR place on the cross. Of course He didn't stay dead. Having never committed any sin, Himself, He had power over death and the grave and rose again the morning of the third day.

Now, there are no more excuses. God didn't create us to sin, and it breaks His heart when we DO continue like that. But He Loves us enough to continue to bring conviction to our conscience with the desire that we turn away from sin.

He said that He does NOT take pleasure in the death of the wicked. He said He doesn't want ANY to perish in hell forever, but that ALL should come to repentance. He cried out in one place, "See, I have given you this day life and death, good and evil. Choose good that you may live." He cried out, to us to choose Life. (Jesus said "I am Life.")

So, there is no more contradiction, no more excuses. He made a way for us, and He's offering us an unmerited pardon.

He wants us to acknowledge that we are guilty, and ask for His forgiveness, then turn from sin, and allow Jesus to be the Lord (Boss) of our lives.

This doesn't earn us a pardon, since we're already guilty and deserve the penalty. This merely frees up God's hands, so to speak, so He could righteously grant us His mercy and pardon us.

The one thing God can NOT do is to allow sin to go unpunished, or allow unrepentant sinners into heaven. Otherwise, heaven would quickly become just as corrupt as earth!

So, choose this day whom YOU will serve.

The offer is real, the pardon is legit. But the offer will expire when YOU do.

Right now, He can be your Savior. If you wait to meet Him AFTER you die, you leave Him no alternative but to be your Judge.

Additional comment:
You added an additional question, if free will, then why the 10 Commandments?

That's like asking, if I get a driver's license, why are there red lights?

Use some logic and intelligence when asking questions!

Answer 11

This is a counter argument for anyone who uses free will. If God gives free will, then why did he create the 10 commandments? np, silly how making rules really does take the free out of will.