An example of this is the A-bomb. It has prevented many wars but it also has a huge downside as well. An all knowing God plainly knows what choices and decisions will be made. He knew what Satan would do in other words. You who have eyes know this logic is correct.
2007-11-25 14:47:29 · 20 answers · asked by TSIRHC 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Lords prayer is the clincher. "Thy will be done today" all things happen by God's will. Ta Ta
2007-11-25 14:54:11 · update #1
I've said many times that he has a great job, all the credit and none of the blame.
2007-11-25 14:51:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I hear you. I know this answer may not be the most satisfying, but our free will is a huge player in all the things that go on in this world. I'm not sure what context you're coming from, but if you're referring to God in terms of what the Bible says, it's a very valid question. At least according to the Bible, we were not made to be puppets in some kind of cosmic game; we were made with free will--that is, the ability to think and reason and feel and make choices and act. God was not interested in puppets to toy with, but people to love who would freely choose to love or not love him. And freedom--while it's so crucial a thing to our being human and being happy--is a scary, scary thing.
All this to say, I feel you about this subject--I often get mad when terrible things happen in the world because I do believe God knows everything and could technically make things happen one way or the other. But I also know that our freedom is a terrible but wonderful thing, and when it's terrible, many, many people get terribly hurt. Like Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But when you look into all the details of things like this, you see that individuals made very free, palpable decisions, such as Truman (who was out to make a name for himself and didn't care what the military generals advised, nor what the scientists advised...in fact, if you do some research, it's clear that the whole 'it'll save more lives than it takes' was a total myth--a piece of propaganda that was fed to the public and has since been debunked). Anyway, not to get into the A-bomb here, but I guess I'm saying that while God does have all this power that he could use to determine every single thing that happens in this world, the fact that we were made to be free to reason, feel, and make choices (like him) makes the whole equation incredibly messy--and definitely not black and white.
I don't know that I've helped at all, but I did want to respond as I think a lot about these things and struggle to make sense of it.
2007-11-25 23:05:50 · answer #2 · answered by hazelii 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
How do you know that God takes all the credit? God has given us the opportunity to make choices today, just because man make mistake doesn’t not mean that God should be held accountable. Where the logic in that? People make mistakes and should answer to them. God is supernatural people are of the flesh and living of this world.
2007-11-25 23:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes. You can not blame humans for natural disasters: hurricane, volcanic eruption, earthquake, fluid. You can not blame Satan either. He does not have this kind of power. If he has, he will be the equal of God. Then the one god theory does not stand.
The one god theory does not explain everything.
2007-11-25 23:02:17 · answer #4 · answered by OKIM IM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God don't make things happen, good or bad, nor does he take credit for stuff that happens.
It is people and nature that make things happen.
Got is a spirit within everyone who believes in him.
Though some people call their spirit by another name (in other religions) it is all the same thing.
2007-11-25 22:58:41 · answer #5 · answered by Tigger 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
First of all alot of stuff on earth is man made so you can't blame God for it. Choices that man make gives us bad outcomes. God doesn't choose for you. He gives you the choice. He is all knowing but gives the choice to you.
2007-11-25 23:02:40 · answer #6 · answered by *Mommy of 3* 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Why would god make us robots. He could've made everyone go around worship him and everything he's about. But he's so loving he gave us free choice. Darkness is the absence of light. Chances are if someone does something bad(murder rape etc etc) it's a lack of god. God did not make them do it.
2007-11-25 23:00:45 · answer #7 · answered by iiiidontcare 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
God is good and He wants to give us good. He gave us a mind and we are to make our own decisions. If we make a wrong decision then WE did it and not God. If we do Gods' will then we would do what's right and we would'nt need the A-BOMB. So it isn't God -------------it's us. We need to change NOT God.
2007-11-25 23:02:05 · answer #8 · answered by HappyCamper 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
God takes nothing except a weak logic center, and a fear of the unknown.
2007-11-25 22:55:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I don't think God knows what the devil is going to do, before he does it. I don't think God knows what man is going to do, either, before he does it. Simply because the devil and man kind has a free will to choose and do. The Angels that God created do not have a free will, so therefore, they can only do as God says or instructs them to do. So God would know what they are going to do next. But God created man kind with a free will, placing us above the Angels, (smarter).
2007-11-25 22:58:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋