Well, not sure how much I have to add, but I feel I should add something. I'm set in my beliefs, but I go outside the Book to seek answers for things as well, haven't had the best life. Still, I don't believe it was God who is to blame for that, and if He is, I believe it to be a test. What happened to Jesus was horrible, especially horrible that God knew we would be so easily corrupted that we would need such a torture to equal our sins. If you really look at it that way, God gives us an amazing amount of leeway. You have to do something worse than a crucifixion in order to have no hope of being saved? Wow.
I believe God can see into the future, at least a bit. I mean... I have a hard time believing He can see the whole time line from start to finish, but I believe He can see a lot.
He would not be the first being/person to ever make a mistake, to ever have their dreams crushed, to ever have a situation not work out or to have someone ruin it. We have Satan to, you see. You cannot have good without evil, how else would you know what you had was good?
So... I think that's the answer. Humans were built in His image, right? So why can't we see Him acting... humanly? I'm fine with people saying “No” but I've yet to hear a good enough reason. To me, there is too much evil in the world, but to destroy that removes free will.
Anyway, thank you, callistahogan for posting this thought inspiring update.
I Dare You To Believe
Date: 2008-03-25 04:57 am (UTC)From:I believe God can see into the future, at least a bit. I mean... I have a hard time believing He can see the whole time line from start to finish, but I believe He can see a lot.
He would not be the first being/person to ever make a mistake, to ever have their dreams crushed, to ever have a situation not work out or to have someone ruin it. We have Satan to, you see. You cannot have good without evil, how else would you know what you had was good?
So... I think that's the answer. Humans were built in His image, right? So why can't we see Him acting... humanly? I'm fine with people saying “No” but I've yet to hear a good enough reason. To me, there is too much evil in the world, but to destroy that removes free will.
Anyway, thank you, callistahogan for posting this thought inspiring update.