[W:73] Why would god create an unstable planet?

[Fried Kitten]

God created the universe.
God created people.
God put them on Earth.

Earth is poorly constructed.
It has earthquakes, floods, lightning, etc.

Millions of decent people have certainly died in such events.
Millions of children have become orphaned in such events.

Why would god choose to construct the planet poorly?

 

[ttwtt78640]

God works in mysterious ways - look it up.

 

[Mr Person]

God works in mysterious ways - look it up.

 

[craig]

God created the universe.
God created people.
God put them on Earth.

Earth is poorly constructed.
It has earthquakes, floods, lightning, etc.

Millions of decent people have certainly died in such events.
Millions of children have become orphaned in such events.

Why would god choose to construct the planet poorly?

God and entropy are reciprocal.

 

[HIP56948]

Which one? There's been so many though out the ages, I lost count.

 

[Argent]

Why would god choose to construct the planet poorly?

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

God created the universe.
God created people.
God put them on Earth.

Earth is poorly constructed.
It has earthquakes, floods, lightning, etc.

Millions of decent people have certainly died in such events.
Millions of children have become orphaned in such events.

Why would god choose to construct the planet poorly?

We can't question God's goals, as good Christians, we can only accept that He has a Design

/s

 

[Exquisitor]

God created the universe.
God created people.
God put them on Earth.

Earth is poorly constructed.
It has earthquakes, floods, lightning, etc.

Millions of decent people have certainly died in such events.
Millions of children have become orphaned in such events.

Why would god choose to construct the planet poorly?

Because it is a prison camp.

If you haven't recognized that, then go your merry way.

 

[swing_voter]

God created the universe.
God created people.
God put them on Earth.

Earth is poorly constructed.
It has earthquakes, floods, lightning, etc.

Millions of decent people have certainly died in such events.
Millions of children have become orphaned in such events.

Why would god choose to construct the planet poorly?

It gets back to free will.

So, if God was 100% in charge of protecting you, he'd drain the lakes and rivers so you wouldn't drown. He'd chop down all the trees and level the mountains so you couldn't fall. He'd tie pillows to your knees and butt so if you slipped, you'd be protected.

But God wanted us to have free will. Having free will means we can make bad decisions and get hurt.

And that's why bad things happen.

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[craig]

It gets back to free will.

So, if God was 100% in charge of protecting you, he'd drain the lakes and rivers so you wouldn't drown. He'd chop down all the trees and level the mountains so you couldn't fall. He'd tie pillows to your knees and butt so if you slipped, you'd be protected.

But God wanted us to have free will. Having free will means we can make bad decisions and get hurt.

And that's why bad things happen.

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God is the lifeguard that has got to lazy to save a drowning swimmer.

 

[Exquisitor]

God created the universe.
God created people.
God put them on Earth.

Earth is poorly constructed.
It has earthquakes, floods, lightning, etc.

Millions of decent people have certainly died in such events.
Millions of children have become orphaned in such events.

Why would god choose to construct the planet poorly?

It is an inevitable result of free will.

See, in the beginning, there was God and us, and we all exploited God for our own purposes never giving back and God tolerated it for a long time.

Not so much time as place, and word went out about it to stay away, and some were curious, some unfortunate some sent, some volunteered, etc.

Scriptures were written and missions proclaimed them along the paths there, "Once you enter, you may never return." God's Son? Ya, for shure he'd do that." And knowledge about the Name, but no-one listened and none could remember, until they hear it again, after so many ages, their deliverance.

 

[Mr Person]

The only way free will is fully true is if any God sparks creation with a true random seed and never interferes, you have true free will. If that God intervenes but once, it cannot help it but be a choice not to intervene at all other points in spacetime. After all, God is supposed to be all-all-all.

On the other hand, how much does it matter (at least while you're alive)? You aren't everywhen/everywhere. You're relative-there/relative-now. You wouldn't be conscious of not having free will were God to intervene as mentioned above. You might, however, wonder how its moral compass ticks.




Which takes me to people praying before sports games. You want a God who didn't prevent the holocaust, didn't prevent WWII, didn't prevent Stalin from starving tens upon tens of millions, and all those other monsters ....that God ... to help your puny ****ing sports team?

 

[ttwtt78640]

It gets back to free will.

So, if God was 100% in charge of protecting you, he'd drain the lakes and rivers so you wouldn't drown. He'd chop down all the trees and level the mountains so you couldn't fall. He'd tie pillows to your knees and butt so if you slipped, you'd be protected.

But God wanted us to have free will. Having free will means we can make bad decisions and get hurt.

And that's why bad things happen.

.

Interesting theory: free will causes earthquakes, tornadoes and other ‘acts of God’.

 

[craig]

The only way free will is fully true is if any God sparks creation with a true random seed and never interferes, you have true free will. If that God intervenes but once, it cannot help it but be a choice not to intervene at all other points in spacetime. After all, God is supposed to be all-all-all.

On the other hand, how much does it matter (at least while you're alive)? You aren't everywhen/everywhere. You're relative-there/relative-now. You wouldn't be conscious of not having free will were God to intervene as mentioned above. You might, however, wonder how its moral compass ticks.




Which takes me to people praying before sports games. You want a God who didn't prevent the holocaust, didn't prevent WWII, didn't prevent Stalin from starving tens upon tens of millions, and all those other monsters ....that God ... to help your puny ****ing sports team?

So if god just mixes the ingredients and then waits for the reaction, what result is he looking for?

 

[Exquisitor]

God created the universe.
God created people.
God put them on Earth.

Earth is poorly constructed.
It has earthquakes, floods, lightning, etc.

Millions of decent people have certainly died in such events.
Millions of children have become orphaned in such events.

Why would god choose to construct the planet poorly?

There's a story, that when He, the Antichrist appeared from behind the closing seal he meditated, and then re-arranged creation and no-one could remember what it was like before. And then he went around blaspheming and said, "Who made like this?"

In the original Universe rocks may not have fallen from the sky, and there may have been different ways of making planets as they emerge from stars.

 

[Argent]

Or, how about this...there is no god.

About free will -- There is no free will in religion. Free will defined as: in humans, the power or capacity to choose among alternatives or to act in certain situations independently of natural, social, or divine restraints.

The 10 commandments are restraints; eternal punishment in hell and reward in heaven are divine restraints, believing in and acting according to the word of god is a divine restraint. Christians endeavor to live within the restraints set by their god, hence, no free will.

 

[Exquisitor]

So if god just mixes the ingredients and then waits for the reaction, what result is he looking for?

Hey, now that's a very intelligent question.

 

[OrphanSlug]

God created the universe.
God created people.
God put them on Earth.

Earth is poorly constructed.
It has earthquakes, floods, lightning, etc.

Millions of decent people have certainly died in such events.
Millions of children have become orphaned in such events.

Why would god choose to construct the planet poorly?

Theology does not really address this, at least none of the Abrahamic Religions talk about these things in this context.

 

[Exquisitor]

The only way free will is fully true is if any God sparks creation with a true random seed and never interferes, you have true free will. If that God intervenes but once, it cannot help it but be a choice not to intervene at all other points in spacetime. After all, God is supposed to be all-all-all.

On the other hand, how much does it matter (at least while you're alive)? You aren't everywhen/everywhere. You're relative-there/relative-now. You wouldn't be conscious of not having free will were God to intervene as mentioned above. You might, however, wonder how its moral compass ticks.




Which takes me to people praying before sports games. You want a God who didn't prevent the holocaust, didn't prevent WWII, didn't prevent Stalin from starving tens upon tens of millions, and all those other monsters ....that God ... to help your puny ****ing sports team?

This is why it is so important to pray and ask God to intervene and protect.

 

[Exquisitor]

So if god just mixes the ingredients and then waits for the reaction, what result is he looking for?

Oh, you don't want hear the answer to that?

Sackcloth and ashes my friend, sackcloth and ashes. Leave it all behind.

 

[Overitall]

God created the universe.
God created people.
God put them on Earth.

Earth is poorly constructed.
It has earthquakes, floods, lightning, etc.

Millions of decent people have certainly died in such events.
Millions of children have become orphaned in such events.

Why would god choose to construct the planet poorly?

If you accept what is said in Genesis 1:2 the earth "(became) without form and void." Verse one says he created both heaven and earth but something happened to cause darkness to come into the picture. I contend that that darkness was the fall of Lucifer (the angel of light) which threw all of God's creation into chaos. In verse 3 the first thing God spoke back into the picture was light. "Let there be light." He didn't have to recreate it. He just spoke it back into being.

 

[craig]

Oh, you don't want hear the answer to that?

Sackcloth and ashes my friend, sackcloth and ashes. Leave it all behind.

So if you can decide a movie you want to watch, which actors, and plot, genre, etc. etc.,. Will Moses still part the red sea?

 

[VanceMack]

If your question is sincere, would you have God prevent all pain, illness, and tragedy?

 

[Exquisitor]

So if you can decide a movie you want to watch, which actors, and plot, genre, etc. etc.,. Will Moses still part the red sea?

Moses never parted the Red Sea.

There is no reason to believe the priests had access to a continuum, when they penned their story. Ruth is a fictional love story meant to embody Israel, and then Samuel begins his record.

The Israelis are the fallout of Jericho, converted by clever priests from India who have associates from Egypt.

 

[Daisy]

God created the universe.
God created people.
God put them on Earth.

Earth is poorly constructed.
It has earthquakes, floods, lightning, etc.

Millions of decent people have certainly died in such events.
Millions of children have become orphaned in such events.

Why would god choose to construct the planet poorly?

Genesis 1:31..."After that God saw everything he had made, and look! it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day."

If all God created on the 6th day was very good, what happened? Could it be that man, in his disobedience screwed it all up?