If God is good...

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Originally posted by Asteragros:
I agree that the only way to reach the real knowledge is through an honest study of the Bible. Everyone of us must do it, if he wants to know what is our life purpose on this planet.

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without God there is no purpose for existence, none that would drive me to continue living. The bible was meant to be taken as a kind of guide for salvation and life. God is faith, not like how evolution requires faith to explain how things happen. I probably should sit down and start reading the bible as well, as of now ive only read bits and fragments.------------------
"Overspecialize and you breed in weakness" -"Major" Motoko Kusanagi

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[This message has been edited by KingPenguin, 02-07-2002]

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Originally posted by gene90:
As for why there is sin and suffering and evil in the word (the original topic), the answer is quite obvious from the theological perspective.

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Without sin righteousness is undefined and does not exist. Without suffering there can be no joy. Without evil there can be no goodness.

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Suffering in excess is not good but would we really fit into a lukewarm world with nothing to strive for and nothing to seek?

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very true. God would rather you be hot or cold than lukewarm. If you have faith in him say it. If you dont have faith say it. You need to make some decisions in life and this is a big. He justs wants you to say you dont have faith so that others know that they need to teach you more about him and try to get you to have faith.------------------
"Overspecialize and you breed in weakness" -"Major" Motoko Kusanagi