So please, someone, explain to me how the god of the bible can be considered all-loving and still allow anyone to suffer forever, much less impose the suffering on them himself? I don't know what you call that kind of a being, but it sure isn't a father.
IMO it's important to note the presence of Satan, when addressing questions of God's actions.
Satan's Rebellion and Fall | Learn The Bible | LearnTheBible.org
God has been in conflict with Satan since before the world began, and the conflict goes on today. The simple question is why God doesn't destroy Satan now, or why he ever let him have the power he has, and no one can come up with a simple answer.
Satan is called the father of lies, the great deceiver, and other things that all the problems of the world can be traced too. He is behind false religions like Islam, he is behind the atheism of common descent, he is behind the separation of God from his children.
The difference we're probably going to have is that you blame God for it and I don't, I blame Satan for it. What God
wants, and what he
allows, are completely different.
The Bible says that God has ONE perfect plan. The presence and actions of Satan somehow fit in, yet are temporary. We'll find out how it all works someday. We can decide we don't like what we're seeing, but that doesn't necessarily change it, or make it wrong. If you could loosen up with the Satan inspired desires to challenge and judge God, you could possibly go a long way towards understanding him and developing a relationship with him.
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