On Thu, 04 Aug 2022 23:17:53 +1000, Lucifer
The Bible doesn't say. It does show he was created perfect, and could
have lived forever on a paradise earth.
That is so true.
>Why can't you think for yourself?
I have in the past, and it got me in a lot of trouble. Since I let
Bible GUIDE me, I have basically stayed out of trouble.
>
>>>>>God had no need to create tears, death, mourning, outcry,
>>>>>and pain.
>>>>
>>>>Those were a result of Adam's sin, not a meanness of God. If God hated
>>>>us so much, why did He ask His only begotten Son to die for us?
>>>
>>>At the time God was written about Human sacrifice was acceptable.
>>
>>Human sacrifice was not acceptable. Nowhere in the Bible did God's
>>servants ever sacrifice a human. When can get an idea of this at
>>Jeremiah:
>>
>>(Jeremiah 7:31) They have built the high places of To´pheth, which is
>>in the Valley of the Son of Hin´nom, in order to burn their sons and
>>their daughters in the fire, something that I had not commanded and
>>that had never even come into my heart.’
>>
>>Thus God never even thought about sacrificing humans.
>
>What do you think,
>"in order to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire"
>means?
It means that is what the pagans did. But God never thought of doing
such things.
>
>>>We have grown out of that but God can't change.
>>
>>Right. God's moral qualities are forever.
>
>Thus your hope of God coming good is dashed.
If Rev 21:3,4 is showing God to be bad, I can't wait to see what He is
like good.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>God does not have a physical brain so it stands to reason
>>>>>>>>>>>God does not think as we do.
>>>>>>>>>>>God Himself acknowledges that.
>>>>>>>>>>>(Isaiah 55:8) “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
>>>>>>>>>>>neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>God is talking about imperfect man here. God's thoughts are much more
>>>>>>>>>>pure.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>There are many aspects of God's creation you object to.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Name two.
>>>>>
>>>>>The design of our brain.
>>>>>The design of the world.
>>>>
>>>>Good for an answer, but wrong for the truth.
>>>
>>>What do you mean by truth?
>>
>>The question was what I object to.
>
>What do you mean by truth?
That's like saying: What do you object to their cars from the FMC?
Answer: All the dents on the car, and the high gas prices.
>
>>I have no problem with the original
>>design of our brains. And it will soon revert back to that way.
>
>No problem with panic attacks, Ted Bundyism, homosexuality,
>etc?
You will never see them again.
>
>>I do not hold God responsible for the design of the world.
>
>You should.
Not when the design of today's world is from Satan:
(John 14:30) I will not speak with you much more, for the ruler of the
world is coming, and he has no hold on me.
>
>>Evil humans have caused many of the designs, such as Ted Bundy.
>>They exercised their free will in a negative way.
>
>You have no problem with that?
I NEVER said that. I have a problem with all unrighteousness.
>
>>>>I have no aspect of God that I object to. I may have a lack of
>>>>understanding, but don't call it an objection.
>>>
>>>You don't object to God including panic attacks in the design
>>>of our brain?
>>
>>God is not a good and righteous God on the one hand, (such as giving
>>us many pleasures like eating etc) then at the same time acting evil
>>by creating brains that carry medical anomalies.
>
>God is not good and righteous.
See Rev 21:3,4 and still call Him "not good and righteous".
>
>>>>>>God's perfect brains did not have panic attacks, or gay feelings, or
>>>>>>serial killers, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>God put those possibilities into our brain.
>>>>
>>>>Negatrons. God no more put those into our brains, than He did the
>>>>Playboy estate. All of that is a result of free will. Recall, God's
>>>>thoughts are not our thoughts. (Isa 55:8)
>>>
>>>Did God put free will into our brains?
>>
>>Yes, unless He put it into our big toe.
>
>God put panic attacks, and gay feelings, and Ted Bundyism, etc
>into our brains via free will?
Nope. The 'free will' put in our brains started off like a blank
blackboard. We write to it whatever we want.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>If God did His moral duty there would be no need for justice.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>And just what do you say is God's moral duty?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>To have perfect humans living forever on a paradise earth. (Mt 5:5)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>When God decided to create beings with thoughts and feelings
>>>>>>>>>He took on a moral duty of care.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Which He took care of right up to when Adam and Eve sinned. (He even
>>>>>>>>made clothes for them AFTER they sinned)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The moral duty is a continuing duty.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Not when he was warned beforehand.
>>>>>
>>>>>God's moral duty is ongoing.
>>>>
>>>>Like a parent's who child get married and moves away?
>>>
>>>God is not like a human parent.
>>
>>You were not around when God cared for the righteous Israelites
>>thousands of years ago. If you were you would feel His warmth.
>>
>>He will soon take a parent's roll again, and satisfy all of our
>>desires.
>
>Malachi 3:6 says that will never happen.
You are misreading it. Rev 21:3,4 says all those things will happen
soon. Although many won't be around long enough to see the complete
fulfillment of it, they will know it was a true statement.
>
>>>>>>>You said God knew what He was doing when He designed our brain.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>For sure.
>>>>>
>>>>>Therefore God is responsible for every thought and every action.
>>>>
>>>>Again refer to Isa 55:8 that says that God's thoughts are not ours.
>>>>Thus He can't be totally responsible for all our thoughts. We are free
>>>>will beings, and have the freedom of choice.
>>>
>>>Our brain determines our thoughts and actions.
>>>Thus the designer of our brain is responsible for every thought
>>>and every action.
>>
>>Is the parent still responsible for his child once he gets married and
>>moves away? As the Bible says there is a time and place for
>>everything. And that includes responsibilities.
>
>God is not like a human parent.
On the contrary, He's like one a lot. For example, He is call Father.
As a God, He is nothing like a human father. But yet acts like one at
times. He also has a wife. The nation of Israel back then was
considered as his wife. (Isa 54:6)
>
>>>>>>>>>How can God not be at fault for the way He created?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>God did not make Adam sin. God did not make Eve sin. They CHOSE to do
>>>>>>>>that using their free will.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Adam and Eve chose to sin in the same way you chose to have panic
>>>>>>>attacks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Then you must have chosen to have depressions. Why would you want to
>>>>>>do that?
>>>>>
>>>>>God must have included depression in the design of our brain.
>>>>
>>>>And cancers, and TB, and Covid 19, and polio, and etc, etc?
>>>
>>>We can only be the way we were created.
>>
>>We can only be the way our genes make us, and our reaction to the
>>environment, and our own free will.
>
>All things created by God.
The polluted environment of today is nothing like the perfect
environment in Eden. Our imperfect genes are not like the perfect
genes in Eden. But our free will is about the same except we have
certain desires that can influence it.
>
>>>>That wouldn't make any sense. He gave us taste buds, and 3-D color
>>>>vision, a melodic voice, the ability to 'hear' sound waves, a sense of
>>>>pleasure at times, the feelings of happiness, etc. Why would He also
>>>>add a bunch of negative things?
>>>
>>>We don't know everything about God.
>>
>>And we never will. But God is not a Jekyll and Hyde. He is just the
>>Jekyll.
>
>God put Jekyll and Hydeism into our brain.
You misspelled G-o-d. It is spelled D-e-v-i-l.
Why can't you explain it better?
>
>We get angry when we can't control things.
>Why would God get angry?
When people willingly break His laws.
>
>>>>>>After that, genetics took over.
>>>>>
>>>>>It's a pity God listened to you!
>>>>
>>>>Well, I hope not. God has the high wisdom. I do not, except when I
>>>>quote the Bible.
>>>
>>>I don't see wisdom in God causing women to have pain in childbirth.
>>
>>You can thank Eve for that one.
>
>No.
>Genesis 3:16 says,
>To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing
>very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children.
>Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
>
>Genesis 3:16 does NOT say,
>“Adam will make your pains in childbearing very severe;"
See the next line down.
>
>>Eve got punished for her disobedience.
>
>Will God punish you for your panic attacks?
Unlike Eve who freely disobeyed God, I have no control without meds
for my panic attacks. Do you cause your depressions?
>
>>We happen to come along with some of her traits. True, it doesn't seem
>>fair. Apparently God was going to let genetics take its course after
>>Adam and Eve, whether for the good or for the bad. He was going to
>>deal with things as they came along.
>
>Not good. Not good at all.
>Certainly not the actions of a good God.
You think in minutes or hours. God thinks in eternity. You may not
understand something now, but will years later. That is how I
responded to the Bible. I don't let a few things in the Bible I don't
understand, stumble me, or claim the Bible is a farce etc. I just wait
for the explanation to come.
>
>>>Genesis 3:16
>>>To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing
>>>very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children.
>>>Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
>>>
>>>Genesis 3:16 does not say,
>>>“Adam will make your pains in childbearing very severe;"
>>
>>Yes, we are caught up in their wake.
>
>Certainly not the actions of a good God.
That shows you don't know your God.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>It ain't free will if someone is controlling you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>So it wasn't free will that caused Ted Bundy to be the way he was?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Not free will itself. Free will was the MEANS Ted Bundy used to carry
>>>>>>>>>>>>out his vile acts. Maybe he was insane, or suffered from
>>>>>>>>>>>>schizophrenia etc. At any rate, the State put him to death.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>And you say God had no idea what He was doing when He designed
>>>>>>>>>>>our brain?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I didn't say that at all. God designed the human brain perfectly.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>God designed the human brain to become corrupted.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Only if they rebelled against God. God's perfect sense of justice did
>>>>>>>>not let them get away scott free.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Get away with what?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Get away with disobeying Him and paying the price God said would
>>>>>>happen to them.
>>>>>
>>>>>Is God still stuck back in feudal times?
>>>>
>>>>God was never stuck in anything.
>>>
>>>Does God really punish people for not obeying Him?
>>
>>Yes, the Bible says those who God loves, gets disciplined.
>
>Certainly not the actions of a good God.
Just the reverse. If a parent doesn't discipline his child, that child
can grow up corrupted. When the baby doctor, Dr. Spock, said not to
spank misbehaved children, a generation of juvenile delinquents was
raised.
>
>>>>>>>>>>Jesus showed us that a perfect brain could obey all of God's commands.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Our imperfect brains allow us to fight such tyranny.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>God's commands are righteous and pure and for our own good.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>God's ways are not right for us. -Isaiah 55:8
>>>>>>
>>>>>>(Isaiah 55:8) “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, And your ways
>>>>>>are not my ways,” declares Jehovah.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Not all people think as you do:
>>>>>
>>>>>Thankfully many do.
>>>>
>>>>That's one reason why the world is so messed up. But such thinking
>>>>will soon forever be removed from the earth.
>>>
>>>I'm surprised God ever allowed dissent.
>>
>>If He didn't, no one would know if God's ways were really right for
>>us. That would end peace and harmony during everlasting life. So God
>>in His wisdom, is permitting humans to follow their own course to see
>>the outcome. Humans were not designed to rule themselves.
>
>Certainly not the actions of a good God.
Actually the actions of a loving God who looks ahead.
What way does it work?
>
>>>>>I can't see how we are responsible for how God designed our brain.
>>>>
>>>>We sadly are not. God designed perfect brains. Humans contaminated
>>>>them. God drew a perfect picture. Humans threw dirt on it, and tore it
>>>>up.
>>>
>>>Why did God design our brain to be contaminated?
>>
>>We contaminated it ourselves. The fault lies with us, not with God.
>
>Why did God design our brain to be contaminated?
The brain is an open book with most pages blank. We write on that
brain making it become what it will be.
>
>>>>>>They have tried to blame it on evolution, saying that we came from a
>>>>>>violent savage, animal-like past. And that just came out in them. At
>>>>>>least the courts didn't buy it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Evolution is a terrible thing. I can't see a good God creating a world
>>>>>where life feeds off life and only the strongest survive.
>>>>
>>>>Then you see correctly. A good God never intended for life to be that
>>>>way.
>>>
>>>You appear to be saying God made a mistake but God does not
>>>make mistakes.
>>
>>Your problem is that you don't understand God's wisdom. He does what
>>is best for our eternal future. Not just for a short period of time.
>
>Certainly not the actions of a good God.
I think we have a broken record here.
>
>>>>In the beginning, ALL life was vegetarian. And all life was strong.
>>>>But they were not given everlasting life. Only humans have that
>>>>prospect.
>>>
>>>That's interesting. God made us as just another mammal
>>
>>You keep getting that one wrong. We are far superior to another
>>mammal.
>
>We have the same problems as other mammals.
Not all the same. Yes, we have to breath air like they do. No most of
us don't commit adultery and fornication like they do. Yes, we have to
eat food to sustain life. No we usually don't let bad conduct go
unpunished.
>
>>We have agape love.
>
>Ted Bundy?
What do you mean?
>
>>Also, if we are loyal to God, we can live forever. Mammals can't.
>
>Certainly not the actions of a good God.
Giving us the chance for eternal life is not a good thing?
>
>>>yet only we are threatened with being trapped with God
>>>for eternity.
>>
>>Better trapped with the God who gives you cute little kittens, the
>>pleasure of a gourmet meal, the beauty of a sunset, the pleasure of a
>>concert, the odor of a juicy steak sizzling, etc.
>
>A God who loves the smell of burning flesh.
It is not literally that, but He loves that His servant is obeying His
commands.
>
>Certainly not the actions of a good God.
See above.
>
>>Than being trapped with the Devil who gives you tears, pain, anguish,
>>rapes, murders, abductions, etc.
>
>Where do you get your ideas about the Devil?
I just take a look around the world. There are also Satanic cults that
practice such things. The Bible says that Satan controls the world.
And that is so evident.
>
>>>>>>>Can men create a Devil?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Absolutely, just look at Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. They were two
>>>>>>man-made devils.
>>>>>
>>>>>You said God designed our brain.
>>
>>And they corrupted it.
>
>Why did God design our brain to be corrupted?
He made the brain to mostly be a blank blackboard. We put into it
whatever we desire, and that makes us, us.
>
>>>>Yes, perfectly. No flaws. (like Bundy and Gacy) They both used their
>>>>free will for selfish reasons; to fulfill their lusts. And since they
>>>>were not legally insane, they knew what they did was wrong. But did it
>>>>anyway. Bundy went after and killed girls, and Gacy went after and
>>>>killed boys.
>>>
>>>That doesn't sound like a perfect brain.
>>
>>That's right. It was no longer perfect.
>
>God knew what He was doing when He designed our brain
>to fail.
If God hates humans so much, why are we still alive?
>
>>>>>>>Our personality comes from our brain which you say God designed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Yes, he designed perfect brains. Jesus is a good example. He had a
>>>>>>perfect brain and showed us what it could do by helping people.
>>>>>
>>>>>Jesus failed to provide life saving and life enhancing
>>>>>medical knowledge.
>>>>
>>>>That was not the time for complete miraculous cures. Jesus did his
>>>>miracles etc, to show what will happen when God's kingdom finally
>>>>takes over.
>>>
>>>If Jesus had taught the germ theory of disease lives would have
>>>been greatly enhanced and Christianity would have been proven
>>>to be the one true religion.
>>
>>You wouldn't need much faith then.
>
>Exactly.
>Christianity would have been proven to be the one true religion.
The problem with that is this:
(Hebrews 11:6) Moreover, without faith it is impossible to please God
well, for whoever approaches God must believe that he is and that he
becomes the rewarder of those earnestly seeking him.
Then you don't know what real love is.
>
>>>>>>>>>>He will base it on how well they obeyed His commands:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Today we praise people who fight against tyranny.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>God will remove all tyranny when His Kingdom completely takes over.
>>>>>>>>(Mt 24:14; Dan 2:44)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Have you considered the possibility that God has changed for the
>>>>>>>better since the bible was written?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The Bible was given by God and foretells and recalls things done or
>>>>>>will do, by God.
>>>>>
>>>>>Everything was given by God!
>>>>
>>>>Even the Playboy estate?
>>>
>>>God designed our brain.
>>
>>Even the Playboy estate?
>
>God designed our brain.
Even Satanic cults?
Sincerely James
Is badness effecting more people?
>>Sincerely James