Sappho wrote on May 6
th, 2011 at 1:16am:
Yadda wrote on May 5
th, 2011 at 8:49am:
God doesn't exist ???
Alternatively, because God is omnipotent, God is responsible for [allowing] the evil in men's hearts.
And yet... If God is morally perfect, then God has the desire to eliminate all evil. And yet, we humans are
not automatons.
Dictionary;
automaton = =
1 a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being.
2 a machine which performs a function according to a set of coded instructions.In this life, God shows us a good path, but God does not compel us.
If we were always compelled in all of our actions, we would be creatures with little or no understanding.
That is not God's intention or wish for us [i.e. that we should be creatures with little or no understanding].
In life, it is our experiences and
our mistakes, which shape us.
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Professor Dumbledore to Harry.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J K Rowling
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In human beings, God is reproducing himself.
The process is in progress, and is NOT yet completed.
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:...
Psalms 5:4
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:
neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Psalms 37:1
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Proverbs 24:19
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 8:32
Now therefore hearken unto me,
O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:
all they that hate me love death.
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Matthew 13:24
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is
likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?29 But he said,
Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
Its not rocket science.