Well, it's not very logical to march around a walled city, then blow trumpets and the whole thing falls in. Not very logical to just split the red sea and cross it. God's idea of physics is not our idea of physics.
I agree with you there lol. I believe that God is completely unlimited in his abilities. They are awe inspiring at the very least!
I plead guilty and only spent 21 months in prison; not to mention my son was suppose to be dead of cancer and a list of other amazing things God has done for me.
You can see why I am solid convinced God is very good, and Never has not come through for me one time.
Your story is amazing! I believe that God was looking out for you, and it's wonderful that everything has worked out the way that it did.
God is no respecter of persons and everyone can know God this way.
I don't understand, could you rephrase that?
Now I am not sure what physical evidence your seeing that tells you God may not be all that good. I am not seeing the same things I guess where God is cruel and evil. Maybe you could explain what you think and some word may shed some light as to how God operates.
Well, I've seen a lot of evil in my lifetime. Being a philosopher and a truth seeker, I've opened myself up to reality as much as possible. I've spent time on places like rotten.com and leakwire.com, places where you can watch people die in horrendous ways. I've read about horrible tragedies that have been inflicted on good people, even true Christians. Heck, even Nero enjoyed using us as live human torches. This seems to indicate that God will not always protect believers from the horrors of this world and in fact allows us to be harmed.
Even when humans and sin nature are both removed from the equation, nature is cruel beyond measure. Some creatures inflict terrible suffering on others, and I cannot help but wonder what God was intending when he created those creatures. I would cite the
Emerald Jewel Wasp as a particularly insidious example (hopefully that URL link works). The world just doesn't seem like the product of a loving and compassionate being.
I also perceive God's requirement of Jesus' sacrifice to be a bit extreme, and just seems wrong to expect of your beloved Son, when forgiveness can be granted freely anyways. I've always had a difficult time with the concept that God requires more than we can pay for something that we can't completely control. I'm glad that Jesus allows us the free gift of grace, but it still troubles me that God has such extreme requirements for atonement.
My views are based on the following assumptions:
a). I assume that a perfect, all powerful, all knowing, all wise, loving God's creation would reflect those qualities and would have no unintentional problems or flaws.
b). I assume that needless suffering is bad and a symptom of imperfection.
c). I assume that much of the suffering in our world is needless.
d). I assume that making others to suffer needlessly is evil or irresponsible.
e). I assume that people cannot control what they believe, yet may still be punished by God based on not believing in Jesus.
f). I assume that God is responsible for all acts of creation.
My logic is as follows:
Being perfect and all knowing, God cannot unintentionally make mistakes; that being the case, God must have intentionally created man, the world, or Lucifer with flaws. Suffering was made possible by God's design (our nerves are designed for just that purpose), therefore, God intentionally created the ability to suffer. God is all powerful, which means that He allows us to suffer while fully capable of protecting us each and every time.
Considering the world is such a horrible place, I must come to one of several conclusions:
a.) God is all powerful, but allowed imperfection to enter the world, and intentionally allows us to suffer.
b.) God is not all powerful. Things got out of control and He's either gone or unable to put things right.
c). God is evil and enjoys the chaos and destruction.
d). God is unsympathetic to the suffering of the world.
e). God is loving and has a design higher than my human ability to comprehend.
Option e is the only one that has hope in it, so that's the one that I cling to.
