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To: SCARED
because of one(2) persons "free will" chose, all mankind for as long as it exists, must suffer illness, death degradation and terror of death and illness. Again... some God

Yes, what an awesome God indeed. He loved us enough to give us the right to CHOOSE whether to love Him in return. Actually your line here is a superb summary of an awesome reality, if you only stopped your cynicism and sarcasm long enough to look at the big picture.

If you were "god" you could "create" a being from nothing and pre-program it to "love" you. It would go about its days "loving" you as any obedient pre-programmed robot would. It would not have, however, the option of loving you. It would not be free to choose not to love you. So its "love" really would not be love at all, for Love implies a choice.

For God, a robot just was not good enough. He wanted man to be able to choose to love Him. Therefore He gave man the greatest gift of any of His created souls, namely Free Will. At any moment man may choose to love God or not to love God. God dwells in the heart of those who love Him (sanctifying grace) and respects those who choose NOT to love Him so much that He removes Himself from them when they refuse His love (by mortal sin and knowing rejection of God's existence.)

You have the basics. Add faith to those basics and you will have joy and peace.

Continue in your rejection of that God, and you already know the fruits, i.e., the cynicism, anger and despair you have displayed already on your brief posts on this thread. God is patient, He is waiting for you to decide for him.

12 posted on 10/22/2001 8:26:12 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: proud2bRC
really not interested in a religious argument, but notice both you and"hajman" answered the choice question nicely, but sidestepped the real point. the unbelievibly horrendous vengence for the choice made. "i am a vengeful god". i guess so. hell of an attribute for a perfect being.
15 posted on 10/23/2001 5:25:36 AM PDT by SCARED
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