Sir lastnail wrote on Apr 2
nd, 2012 at 5:30pm:
Yadda wrote on Apr 2
nd, 2012 at 3:36pm:
Sir lastnail wrote on Apr 2
nd, 2012 at 3:03pm:
You need to stop cherry picking from your own bible because it specifically states the following:-
Quote:Psalm 139:16
New Living Translation (NLT)
16 You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
Which can only mean one thing and that god plans all murders, rapes, wars and abortions and that means the humans are blameless in these acts no matter how evil simply because god planned it all

LOL
I'm a [flawed] human being.
And i understand that a cat will stalk and hunt a mouse, ....
if the cat sees the mouse.
I know this, because i know something of the nature of a cat.
Knowing this, is not 'magic'.
Regards your assertion [i.e. god plans all murders, rapes, wars, etc], God knows
our nature. [ ...
better than we do!]
And then there is the 'element' and nature of time.
Perhaps God can travel along time, just like we humans can travel back and forth along a highway.
We humans, do not [really] know what time is.
Is time constant ?
Does it speed up, or slow down ?
And regards our own conduct, is God evil, because he allows us to have, and to express, our own free will ?
Consider.
How does a child learn ?
How can a child learn anything worthwhile [about life], if its parent will not allow the child to make its own mistakes ?
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IMO;
You want a God who will allow you to do everything that you wish to do, but will always rescue you, from the consequences of your bad choices.
You want a God who is only beneficial to your own interests,
AS YOU PERCEIVE THEM.
The difference between people like yourself, and myself, is that i trust God [i trust his intent].
I
know that God is just.
But conversely, i do
not trust men.
Because being one, i know their nature too!
You are missing the point.
Human beings have no control in the matter since their actions are predetermined as part of gods plan. If an all knowing god knows the future in advance then
humans are powerless to change it no matter how bad their actions are ! Free will contradicts the property of an all knowing Omniscient god which has already determined the future in advance. There are many contradictions like this in the bible which is why people who preach it look and sound so stupid

LOL
nail,
What you state, is untrue.
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.nail,
What you are stating, proposing is that we humans, are automaton's.
And, that none of us, have, or can make choices.
That is not true.
It is true, that this world tends to try to, compel us, to act in a certain way.
But the choice in how we act in this world, is always our own.
e.g.
Many people in this world, live in poverty.
But many of those poor people
do not choose to rob others [they choose
not to be criminals].
Whereas, some of the wealthiest people on the planet, will lie and cheat, and rob, to gain even more wealth for themselves.
Why so ?
IMO, these type of people, are the 'automatons'.
Yes, they are wicked people, and no, they cannot 'help' themselves.
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Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness:
they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.