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Topic started on 20-9-2008 @ 07:21 PM by Heronumber0
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Of all the questions I have to ask on my faith, there is one that remains unanswered. Why did God create Man at all? He in his Omniscience would
have known of the bloodshed and misery that Man would spread throughout the Earth and He would have known of the fate of each individual, yet he still
went ahead with the Creation of a pretty useless hunk of sentient meat. Any sensible answers welcomed...
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reply posted on 22-9-2008 @ 11:08 AM by JesusisTruth
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Why did God create my Cat or Dog? Yet I am glad they are here. God wants to share it with us as his children. the gladness my animals bring to me,
much more we bring to God if we use our free wills correctly.
btw very sincere you are.
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reply posted on 22-9-2008 @ 11:25 PM by Azador
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If he so glad to have us why banish us to hell?I am also glad of my pets and even when my cat peed on my hoodie or my childhood dog bit me i never
once thought of making them suffer for eternity because they knew no better.
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reply posted on 22-9-2008 @ 11:41 PM by JesusisTruth
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free will.
people in hell choose it and this is something you will have to wait and see. The people in hell don't want to serve and what they do on earth is far
worse then an animal acting on instinct.
peace.
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reply posted on 22-9-2008 @ 11:51 PM by Azador
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That is such a cop out.How can we have free will when god knows everything huh?If he knew before i was born that i was going to hell why even bother
creating me?Is he some cruel, sick puppet master.
How can i have free will when my path is already laid.
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reply posted on 23-9-2008 @ 12:29 AM by silverflame
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I Think personal that God had a great sense of humor. Because really if you where up in heaven and saw all the things we do like rats in a maze trying
to do whats right. I mean i would spend most of my life in heaven laughing my butt off. Maybe we where a bad science experiment. Who knows we are here
and God only knows when we are going home or what is going to happen.
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reply posted on 23-9-2008 @ 02:03 AM by jmdewey60
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Here is part of what Wikipedia says about omniscience:
 There is a distinction between:
inherent omniscience - the ability to know anything that one chooses to know and can be known
and
total omniscience - actually knowing everything that can be known.
Some modern theologians argue that God's omniscience is inherent rather than total, and that God chooses to limit his omniscience in order to
preserve the freewill and dignity of his creatures. Certain theologians of the 16th Century, comfortable with the definition of God as being
omniscient in the total sense, in order for worthy beings' abilities to choose freely, embraced the doctrine of predestination. 
I would have to go with the first definition, concerning God. I believe God limited himself because He decided to be an active member of His creation
and did not make everything from outside of it. He actually became a manifest being inside the universe. So He had to follow the same rules as the
rest of the inhabitants. He could be omniscient as to knowing what happened or was happening, but was guessing about the future, except for what he
planned to do, Himself.
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reply posted on 25-9-2008 @ 01:00 PM by CrusaderOne
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The short answer is that he/she'd be very bored without us here to worship him/her.
The long answer depends upon one's faith... Everybody has a different take on the teaching of the bible, specifically the book of Genesis where
creation of man and the Earth is described. My beliefs are categorized in a new stream of Christian belief called Neo-Creationism, what I believe
about why we're here is extremely different from a normal Christian's view on the same topic.
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reply posted on 25-9-2008 @ 01:05 PM by Storm_Indigochild
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A question to my believe (when I really have one like a 'religion') is:
Why did man created god..?
(no offence, all respect to people who have faith as in believing in a religion)
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reply posted on 27-9-2008 @ 06:22 AM by DHammer
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God made man to glorify Him.
its really that simple. And He knows Honoring Him can be quite rewarding. However Eve begged to differ ...
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reply posted on 28-9-2008 @ 06:38 PM by shihulud
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Maybe you should reverse your question into:-
Why did man create god?
Which, when looked at logically and rationally, seems to be the case.
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reply posted on 28-9-2008 @ 08:52 PM by JaxonRoberts
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Maybe our definition of "God" is all wrong. I believe that "God", in the begining was a being of pure thought and pure energy. Imagine if you were
born with none of your five senses. Just your mind. Then imagine you had the power to create those senses (the big bang). I believe "God" IS the
universe itself, and we are merely extentions of this divine being trying to understand itself. We are merely one of those senses, and yes, we have
free will so that all things can be experienced. "God" doesn't live outside of science. Quantum String theory actually explains this existance and
the higher dimensions where energy vibrates at a higher level. The universe is comprised of energy, it's all connected, including us mere mortal
humans!
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