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So where did El Elyon come from?
Personally, I can't help but think that if the story of the "Divine Counsel" is true, they were all space aliens, here to colonize the planet. But it either went wrong, or they did what they set out to do, because they 'aint here no more!
Originally posted by Jepic
Duality is within us. Good and bad is within us.
He creates humans to show His love. (Even though we never wanted his love because we never were in the first place.) Which means he created us for selfish reasons. On top of that he creates and imperfect creature and puts them upon a perfect world. I don't have to be God to know that this won't end well. I bet he knew well about the consequences of those actions. So we eat from the apple and turn this world into what it is today.
Yes. Precisely that is what I mean. There was nothing. There was peace, tranquility, no good and no bad to counter it. Serenity.
Don't seem to me like has a plan... Last I checked a great deal of his creations will end up suffering for eternity...
And even if everybody ends up in heaven sooner or later, doesn't excuse the fact that he is playing us. We are nothing more but actors who go through extremes. We are actors created to be played.
If God is truly benevolent, he was dead wrong in creating creatures who would be miserable and happy. You know what I call being miserable and happy at set intervals. I call it depression. We are all depressed. He created depression from tranquility and peace.
God knows everything we say? Then he knows everything that's going to happen. That includes knowing that a lot will end up struggling for eternity.
Originally posted by Texture
reply to post by MarkJS
You shouldn't be afraid to ask God anything..... Go ahead and ask what is above. That would be an excellent start....
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I'm not afraid of asking God anything. Where did this come from? I discuss with God what I choose to. I'm not concerned about the things above,
Originally posted by pheonix358
Their Second Speaker spoke for only half of his allotted time, possibly because he could not now, speak about what a nice guy Jesus was/is and he was not prepared to speak of God. He did well to speak as much as he did because he was making it up as he went.
I, as our Second speaker, spoke about God! I went through Biological attacks on Egypt, Plagues, locusts, poisoning water supplies, killing Infants and new born male children. I went through the crime of Genocide with the flood and noted the huge animal cruelty issues as well. Nuclear like attacks on Sodom and Gomorrah, everything got a mention. We went through the likely view as Noah looked out of the Ark to see bodies, including little babies, floating and bloating. I went a little into overtime. There was just so much information to go through.
You're not concerned to find out who God really is? I find that a bit out-of-the-ordinary, for someone who claims that they talk to Him on a regular basis... Maybe you're afraid to be open-minded, and dealing with the possibility that He might actually talk back....He might challenge some of your preconcieved notions about Him. It's fine when you talk to God... whatever you want... But if God starts talking back.... wow.. what do you do then?
Originally posted by KrzYma
reply to post by Murgatroid
cool, what's the name of the guy who wrote it ?
oh.. I forgot... somebody's God let it appear on paper few thousand year ago.
you know you go to hell, right? you warship the wrong "god" as all other religious believers are sure you will.
and try to speak your own words instead of quoting other humans thoughts
We have good and bad within us. We have duality within us.
Originally posted by LadyGreenEyes
Originally posted by Jepic
Duality is within us. Good and bad is within us.
He creates humans to show His love. (Even though we never wanted his love because we never were in the first place.) Which means he created us for selfish reasons. On top of that he creates and imperfect creature and puts them upon a perfect world. I don't have to be God to know that this won't end well. I bet he knew well about the consequences of those actions. So we eat from the apple and turn this world into what it is today.
Yes. Precisely that is what I mean. There was nothing. There was peace, tranquility, no good and no bad to counter it. Serenity.
Don't seem to me like has a plan... Last I checked a great deal of his creations will end up suffering for eternity...
And even if everybody ends up in heaven sooner or later, doesn't excuse the fact that he is playing us. We are nothing more but actors who go through extremes. We are actors created to be played.
If God is truly benevolent, he was dead wrong in creating creatures who would be miserable and happy. You know what I call being miserable and happy at set intervals. I call it depression. We are all depressed. He created depression from tranquility and peace.
God knows everything we say? Then he knows everything that's going to happen. That includes knowing that a lot will end up struggling for eternity.
Biblical backup for that duality claim?
He created Man as perfect, too. Man chose to become less, by disobedience. remember that free will is necessary for any being to really love.
That's a rather skewed way to look at things. You were created to be loved. God made a way for that to be forever. If you choose to reject that, it's your choice, not that of God. he would rather all accepted Him. Selfish? I don't call wanting to give and receive love a selfish thing.
I love how so many know with absolute certainty what is in the mind of God and what God intends.
Originally posted by MarkJS
reply to post by pheonix358
I love how so many know with absolute certainty what is in the mind of God and what God intends.
It's not that we are all-knowing, or all-wise... but that God Himself is. God being all-knowing is our assurance. We, as you state, are imppurfeeeccct, flawed humans.... but our hope is in Him.
Originally posted by Jepic
Originally posted by LadyGreenEyes
Originally posted by Jepic
Duality is within us. Good and bad is within us.
He creates humans to show His love. (Even though we never wanted his love because we never were in the first place.) Which means he created us for selfish reasons. On top of that he creates and imperfect creature and puts them upon a perfect world. I don't have to be God to know that this won't end well. I bet he knew well about the consequences of those actions. So we eat from the apple and turn this world into what it is today.
Yes. Precisely that is what I mean. There was nothing. There was peace, tranquility, no good and no bad to counter it. Serenity.
Don't seem to me like has a plan... Last I checked a great deal of his creations will end up suffering for eternity...
And even if everybody ends up in heaven sooner or later, doesn't excuse the fact that he is playing us. We are nothing more but actors who go through extremes. We are actors created to be played.
If God is truly benevolent, he was dead wrong in creating creatures who would be miserable and happy. You know what I call being miserable and happy at set intervals. I call it depression. We are all depressed. He created depression from tranquility and peace.
God knows everything we say? Then he knows everything that's going to happen. That includes knowing that a lot will end up struggling for eternity.
Biblical backup for that duality claim?
He created Man as perfect, too. Man chose to become less, by disobedience. remember that free will is necessary for any being to really love.
That's a rather skewed way to look at things. You were created to be loved. God made a way for that to be forever. If you choose to reject that, it's your choice, not that of God. he would rather all accepted Him. Selfish? I don't call wanting to give and receive love a selfish thing.
We have good and bad within us. We have duality within us.
He did not create man as perfect otherwise we would have never turned imperfect. If we chose to become less as you put it, we were never perfect to begin with. Bu there is no excuse. God knew what would happen and still decided to go forth.
We were created to be loved, so God creates imperfect beings that will harm each other?
No. When I look at the world it is a rare sight to see love. All I see is personal satisfaction at the expense of others. All I see is mostly bad. Love is a rare sight. And if I get technical I will tell you it is non-existent in this world. Nothing but electrical signals and chemicals stimulating your body to feel. Almost as if our existence has been forced onto us.
Again, verses? God created Mankind as perfect, with free will. Free will means one can reject that which is good, to choose that which is bad.
Yes, we were created to love. Doesn't mean all will choose to, however.
What you see these days is the result of long years of sin, generation after generation, building up to a very bad point. Love can be rare, but it is real. We do have choices, and can make things better by making the right ones.