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To: hosepipe
SO THEN, GOD CANNOT have preferences?.. preferring one thing in one situation and another, in another..

Is God susbject to "situations?" Is He 'caught" up in the storm or is He the maker of a storm?

Is he wondering if He should go right or left?

So God cannot have qualia, desire, hopes, and preferrences?..

That's right. God is not sbject to passions; Christ did not suffer and die in His divine nature.

God does not hope because He is in control and He knows the outcome. He doesn't hope that you will be saved or won't be saved; He knows. Faith is hope. God has no reason to have faith.

God wills what He wills – and what He wills happens. He doesn't chose based on hope or possibilities. God is impartial, so as far as His dealings with people are concerned, He is absolutely neutral as nothing we can do is something He needs, nor can God be bought with bribes and flattery.

DAMN!!.. how can he be my friend?..

He is not your friend. He is your God.

15,338 posted on 05/27/2007 10:54:50 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; Alamo-Girl; betty boop; .30Carbine
[.. Is God subject to "situations?" Is He 'caught" up in the storm or is He the maker of a storm? ..]

When dealing with creatures with choice?.. Yeah!...
Creatures with no choice are automatons with a Robotic God..

[.. Is he wondering if He should go right or left? ..]

Sometimes.. Creating stuff is very creative..

[.. That's right. God is not subject to passions; Christ did not suffer and die in His divine nature. ..]

Not passions like men but passions on a higher more absolute level.. Animals have passion but on a lower level than men..

[.. God does not hope because He is in control and He knows the outcome. He doesn't hope that you will be saved or won't be saved; He knows. Faith is hope. God has no reason to have faith. ..]

God has faith.. hope.. and love which is sacrifice..
God is the greatest example of service which is ultimately sacrifice..
ALL proper service takes faith..

[.. God wills what He wills – and what He wills happens. He doesn't choose based on hope or possibilities. God is impartial, so as far as His dealings with people are concerned, He is absolutely neutral as nothing we can do is something He needs, nor can God be bought with bribes and flattery. ..]

Evidently.. Your God is a machine, a Robotic God..

[.. He is not your friend. He is your God. ..]

NO.. he is NOT YOUR friend.. He is my friend..

15,343 posted on 05/28/2007 12:38:45 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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