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Forever Sleep
Earned it we have...
- May 4, 2022
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This is what I've never been able to understand regarding the Christian religion and why people believe God to be a good, caring father figure or even a just ruler.
God presumably knows everything. God presumably created everything in a certain way also. Including The Tree of Knowledge and imbuing Adam and Eve with a sense of curiosity, a susceptability to temptation and even defiance. Then, he lumps them together somewhere knowing the probability of what will happen. How was that not a trap? It wasn't even a test with a low mark if they screwed up. It was lifelong punishment for the whole human race when they inevitably screwed up!
Not that I believe in it to be honest but I still find it so strange people of faith accept it as a reasonable way to rule. Like- I understand why people would fear such a God but, not why they would love them.
It reminds me a bit of this scene from The Matrix...
The Oracle must have known what Smith would do. So- in effect- is there even 'free choice' if we're pushed into a decision?
God created Adam and Eve to be susceptible to temptation, curiosity, defiance. Whether or not the serpant/ snake that tempted them was also created by God- it was still allowed to do its work there. Surely, God was setting them up for failure? Maybe God already knew what they would do? In which case- Why let it play out? Surely, because God enjoys punishing people and creates any excuse possible to justify it.
I want to add that I'm not trying to criticize religious people here. I just find it hard to see how people are comforted by there being such a God.
God presumably knows everything. God presumably created everything in a certain way also. Including The Tree of Knowledge and imbuing Adam and Eve with a sense of curiosity, a susceptability to temptation and even defiance. Then, he lumps them together somewhere knowing the probability of what will happen. How was that not a trap? It wasn't even a test with a low mark if they screwed up. It was lifelong punishment for the whole human race when they inevitably screwed up!
Not that I believe in it to be honest but I still find it so strange people of faith accept it as a reasonable way to rule. Like- I understand why people would fear such a God but, not why they would love them.
It reminds me a bit of this scene from The Matrix...
The Oracle must have known what Smith would do. So- in effect- is there even 'free choice' if we're pushed into a decision?
God created Adam and Eve to be susceptible to temptation, curiosity, defiance. Whether or not the serpant/ snake that tempted them was also created by God- it was still allowed to do its work there. Surely, God was setting them up for failure? Maybe God already knew what they would do? In which case- Why let it play out? Surely, because God enjoys punishing people and creates any excuse possible to justify it.
I want to add that I'm not trying to criticize religious people here. I just find it hard to see how people are comforted by there being such a God.