07-09-2023, 02:24 PM
(07-09-2023, 02:10 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: I accept what makes sense to me. I can read books and listen to sermons, etc. I take in theories and weigh the possibilities and my heart decides. I don’t understand the entire book, but I embrace that which I do understand.
I do.
I believe he did. Man screwed that up. But that creates larger discussion about evolution vs. creation, which is one of the most exhaustive debates. In respect, I support anyone who doesn’t believe, as long as I’m not a target for believing.
If God is omniscient, as you believe, and created this world in the way did -- then he purposely created a world where sin must exist.
He created beings that he knew would sin.
He created the scenario that allowed them to commit sin.
He found them guilty of the very thing he knew they would do when he created them.
Imagine if scientists created a new humanoid species that they absolutely knew would do horrible things prior to creating them; and then blaming the new species when they do exactly what the scientists knew they would do. Where would you place the ultimate blame in that scenario; the creators or the creation?
