by SlayerOfLight » November 6th, 2013, 3:06 am
[quote]How is it possible that God can create something, but not alter or destroy it? It just doesn't make sense to me, in principle. We humans have the power to change anything that we create, so I find it hard to believe that God can't.
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Could you please be a bit more clear on that? Because I'm not sure what this has anything to do with the latter we discussed about. Also, give an example on this.
[quote]Either way, if that is true, then we must have power over God. Therefore, we have free will, and we are capable of making our own decisions. It's as simple as that.[/quote]
Yet you dont seem to realise our own free will is given to us by God, because he doesn't want to create lifeless ''drones'' that are automatically programmed to follow his every command. Unfortunately, having a free will also implies that one can willingly rebel against God and do evil.
[quote]Oh, and on that note, let's not forget that God isn't quite the great being I'm supposed to think he is. If I remember correctly, God told Abraham to kill his son, to test his faith.[/quote]
You got it all wrong there. God merely wanted to test Abraham to see if he would follow such an order, and his son wasn't killed in the end because Abraham was stopped by an angel send by God before he could kill his own son.
[quote]If there is a supreme being, and only one supreme being, then that supreme being had to create everything. By saying that God didn't create evil and sin, then you are also saying that some things are outside of God's control, which, again, means God isn't really a God.[/quote]
That is the ''god'' which is implanted into your mind. You seem to forget that IF there is a God, then this God must be a pure, perfect, good, uncorrupt and holy being. Instead of just being a creator of ''everything'' you should also look at God as a pure light in which no darkness dwells, and therefore no darkness can be produced from the light. In the same manner, God is bound to moralities and he cannot do evil or create evil. If God created evil, then he would act contrary to his own nature, which is something a perfect God can't do. A more valid thing to say is that God is merely the creator of life, and everything that is good and perfect, (like our planet, and the universe for example). Evil is something which developped on it's own whitin his creation.