19 Feb 05
Originally posted by blindfaith101Well, maybe it's because you've displayed GOD's name so prominently that we behave very humanly and jump to the conclusion that something so big as GOD is probably omnipotent and could thus prevent bad stuff that satan, in his innocuous fallible lowercase, does to us.
Why does man blame GOD, for the things that go wrong, in their lives?
Why does man not blame satan.
19 Feb 05
Originally posted by royalchickenYep; God is supposedly omnipotent, while Satan is supposedly not.
Well, maybe it's because you've displayed GOD's name so prominently that we behave very humanly and jump to the conclusion that something so big as GOD is probably omnipotent and could thus prevent bad stuff that satan, in his innocuous fallible lowercase, does to us.
19 Feb 05
Originally posted by blindfaith101Because God had (has) the power to make Man perfect, but He chose
Why does man blame GOD, for the things that go wrong, in their lives?
Why does man not blame satan.
not to do so. If God had made Man perfect, then Man would have never
fallen into sin but be sinless, like Jesus is said to have been.
God could have avoided all of this mess, had He ordained it to be so.
God could clear up all of this mess, if He ordained it to be so.
This is why the Man who believes that God actively controls all things
blames God.
Nemesio
19 Feb 05
Originally posted by Nemesiobut we would have been perfect without Satan!
Because God had (has) the power to make Man perfect, but He chose
not to do so. If God had made Man perfect, then Man would have never
fallen into sin but be sinless, like Jesus is said to have been.
God could have avoided all of this mess, had He ordained it to be so.
God could clear up all of this mess, if He ordained it to be so.
This is why the Man who believes that God actively controls all things
blames God.
Nemesio
19 Feb 05
Originally posted by geniusNot necessarily, just untested. I mean, would you say
but we would have been perfect without Satan!
that I had a perfect record in Major League Baseball
because I've never lost a game (I suck at baseball, by
the way)?
Of course you wouldn't. Taking the Adam and Eve story
literally for a moment, if Satan never existed, then A&E
never would have been tested. That doesn't make them
perfect.
Nemesio
20 Feb 05
Originally posted by NemesioWhat do you mean by perfect? Only God is perfect. If you mean made man without the ability to sin, then we would be naught but slaves. It is precisely our ability to choose that should cause us to fall to our knees and praise His name.
Because God had (has) the power to make Man perfect, but He chose
not to do so. If God had made Man perfect, then Man would have never
fallen into sin but be sinless, like Jesus is said to have been.
God could have avoided all of this mess, had He ordained it to be so.
God could clear up all of this mess, if He ordained it to be so.
This is why the Man who believes that God actively controls all things
blames God.
Nemesio
Oh Father! Blessed Yahweh! You are Holy, Holy, Holy!
20 Feb 05
Originally posted by blindfaith101Because if god is omnipotent then he has the power to defeat Satan. If he chooses not to defeat Satan, then he is not omnibenevolent. If he cannot defeat Satan then he is not omnipotent. If he lacks either omnibenevolence or omnipotence, then he is not worthy of worship. It's just another way of stating the problem of evil.
Why does man blame GOD, for the things that go wrong, in their lives?
Why does man not blame satan.
20 Feb 05
Originally posted by rwingettGod and Satan might be like the Duke brothers.
Because if god is omnipotent then he has the power to defeat Satan. If he chooses not to defeat Satan, then he is not omnibenevolent. If he cannot defeat Satan then he is not omnipotent. If he lacks either omnibenevolence or omnipotence, then he is not worthy of worship. It's just another way of stating the problem of evil.
Mort God Duke and Randy Devil Duke.
20 Feb 05
Originally posted by DarfiusPerfect?
What do you mean by perfect? Only God is perfect. If you mean made man without the ability to sin, then we would be naught but slaves. It is precisely our ability to choose that should cause us to fall to our knees and praise His name.
Oh Father! Blessed Yahweh! You are Holy, Holy, Holy!
Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
also
Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil:
God didn't seem all that pleased.
20 Feb 05
Originally posted by frogstompBecause man had failed His test of love.
Perfect?
Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 3:5 For God doth know th ...[text shortened]... d, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil:
God didn't seem all that pleased.
And everytime you deny your Lord Jesus, you fail the test over and over.
You're just as guilty as Adam.
