06-16-2015, 12:19 PM
Quote:I don't think it's a test. I think like most parents, He made life, tossed out some rules — not because of any maliciousness, just trying to teach some basics -- and then let it work itself out over a few billion years.
Why would he make rules he knew would not be obeyed and then punish people for not obeying them? How can you consider that not to be intentional and if it is intentional how can it not be malicious?
If God knew I would end up in hell before I was even created, what could he possibly be "teaching" me?
