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Stonewall Jackson (media.scored.co)
posted 19 hours ago by Heliocentric on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +50Score on mirror )
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HerrBBQ on scored.co
12 hours ago 0 points (+0 / -0 ) 1 child
If God is good and God is love, why would God construct a universe where beings with free will, beings who He wants to join Him in heaven, can decide to reject Him, or can decide to ignore His laws, and subsequently destroy themselves, and He knows they'll do this, but He creates them anyway? Is this not intentionally cruel?
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Kekmanchoo on scored.co
8 hours ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
God creates us from His love in His image. In doing so, we are given free will. Without free will we would be slaves, and not created from love but instead dominance. Then it is our choice to do with it what we want in hopes we will follow a righteous path. Straying from this path is unpleasant to Him much like when a parent witnesses their child hurt themselves.

Additionally, God's mind is not something our minds can fully comprehend, and what we deem as cruel may in fact be glorious in the greater plan. Our suffering is due to living in a fallen world caused by our sin.
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