GOD didn't create the hurricane's destruction, he allowed it, as he allows you to have free will.
But, but, but, he created everything. Why did he create a world with hurricanes
that he could then sit back and allow?
Would you like for GOD to intervene and take away your free will?
I thought that the reason Adam and Eve were evicted from Eden was because they chose free will and the knowledge of good and evil over what god told them to do. Yet you say god gave us free will; so which is it? a punishment or a blessing? or a myth?
GOD didn't create the hurricane's destruction, he allowed it, as he allows you to have free will.
But, but, but, he created everything. Why did he create a world with hurricanes
that he could then sit back and allow?
Would you like for GOD to intervene and take away your free will?
I thought that the reason Adam and Eve were evicted from Eden was because they chose free will and the knowledge of good and evil over what god told them to do. Yet you say god gave us free will; so which is it? a punishment or a blessing? or a myth?
The jealous serpent came to the garden.
Did you always mind your parents, eat your fruits & vegetables. Did they punish you for not eating healthy.
The Bible encourages us to “choose life, by listening to GODS voice,” that is, by choosing to obey his commands. Deuteronomy 30:19, 20. This offer would be meaningless, even cruel, if we lacked free will. Instead of forcing us to do what he says, God warmly appeals to us: “O if only you would actually pay attention to my commandments. Then your peace would become just like a river.” Isaiah 48:18.
I saw a rabbit the other day, but it went down a hole. I will need to get gasoline soon according to the gauge. I like to meander through grocery stores and load up my cart and then unload it, ultimately not buying anything. They don't much like it, but it's what I do.
An entity who created the universe(s) and who existed alone before there was a universe, does not hold casual conversations with the results of the creation over whether they are able to do anything outside the power of the entity.
"Miracle" rescues or recoveries = god's intervention
Bad things that happen to "sinners", up to and including hurricanes = god's intervention
Bad things that happen randomly, even to kids = god's nonintervention or "free will", even if they happen randomly
Either fundies are assholes, or god is.
A clown with a flamethrower still has a flamethrower.
-- Charlie Sykes on MSNBC
1312. ETTD.
GOD didn't create the hurricane's destruction, he allowed it, as he allows you to have free will.
But, but, but, he created everything. Why did he create a world with hurricanes
that he could then sit back and allow?
Would you like for GOD to intervene and take away your free will?
I thought that the reason Adam and Eve were evicted from Eden was because they chose free will and the knowledge of good and evil over what god told them to do. Yet you say god gave us free will; so which is it? a punishment or a blessing? or a myth?
The jealous serpent came to the garden.
Did you always mind your parents, eat your fruits & vegetables. Did they punish you for not eating healthy.
The Bible encourages us to “choose life, by listening to GODS voice,” that is, by choosing to obey his commands. Deuteronomy 30:19, 20. This offer would be meaningless, even cruel, if we lacked free will. Instead of forcing us to do what he says, God warmly appeals to us: “O if only you would actually pay attention to my commandments. Then your peace would become just like a river.” Isaiah 48:18.
Yeppers, we got us a runner.
Trump: “We had the safest border in the history of our country - or at least recorded history. I guess maybe a thousand years ago it was even better.”
"Miracle" rescues or recoveries = god's intervention
Bad things that happen to "sinners", up to and including hurricanes = god's intervention
Bad things that happen randomly, even to kids = god's nonintervention or "free will", even if they happen randomly
Either fundies are assholes, or god is.
Both?
Trump: “We had the safest border in the history of our country - or at least recorded history. I guess maybe a thousand years ago it was even better.”
But, but, but, he created everything. Why did he create a world with hurricanes
that he could then sit back and allow?
Would you like for GOD to intervene and take away your free will?
I thought that the reason Adam and Eve were evicted from Eden was because they chose free will and the knowledge of good and evil over what god told them to do. Yet you say god gave us free will; so which is it? a punishment or a blessing? or a myth?
The jealous serpent came to the garden.
Did you always mind your parents, eat your fruits & vegetables. Did they punish you for not eating healthy.
The Bible encourages us to “choose life, by listening to GODS voice,” that is, by choosing to obey his commands. Deuteronomy 30:19, 20. This offer would be meaningless, even cruel, if we lacked free will. Instead of forcing us to do what he says, God warmly appeals to us: “O if only you would actually pay attention to my commandments. Then your peace would become just like a river.” Isaiah 48:18.
Yeppers, we got us a runner.
Nope, you and Bruce Pearl would not see eye to eye.
An entity who created the universe(s) and who existed alone before there was a universe, does not hold casual conversations with the results of the creation over whether they are able to do anything outside the power of the entity.
An entity who created the universe(s) and who existed alone before there was a universe, does not hold casual conversations with the results of the creation over whether they are able to do anything outside the power of the entity.
If you don't believe, then how would you know?
Ah, that clarifies things somewhat. Cat fan equates belief with knowledge. This is not good policy and will only result in misfortune. I might believe the world is flat or I might believe I can fly or I might believe anything. My belief does not make it fact and it does not equate to knowledge other than the fact I know I believe it....circular reasoning.