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To: Forest Keeper

Ah. More of the robot slave philosophy.

God wishes an army of robot slaves. I guess that it amuses Him. Trouble is that He went through a whole bunch of trouble to set up Adam and Eve and that whole free will stuff. Guess He was just fooling us.


2,972 posted on 08/18/2007 10:37:13 PM PDT by MarkBsnr (V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.)
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To: MarkBsnr; P-Marlowe; kosta50; D-fendr; blue-duncan; xzins; Dr. Eckleburg; wmfights
Ah. More of the robot slave philosophy. God wishes an army of robot slaves. I guess that it amuses Him. Trouble is that He went through a whole bunch of trouble to set up Adam and Eve and that whole free will stuff. Guess He was just fooling us.

I'm just curious, but have you ever asked yourself what REALLY repulses you to the idea that God is in total control of everything? To many, I would imagine, the problem would be the idea of concentrated power, all in one place. That just wouldn't be "fair", in some minds. But for others, the issue might be that if God is in control of everything, then the role of man in the universe is diminished. The importance of man is lessened. I can understand why hundreds of millions of men throughout history would find this idea intolerable. Man must control his own destiny BECAUSE he is man.

That's comfy, and certainly builds self-esteem, which is very important in salvational matters, because if our free will is on the fritz, then we might make bad decisions about our eternal destiny. But Apostolics need not worry much because God is always there to lend an opinion or a guidance, while never interfering with the ultimate "decider-in-chief". Hey, that's it! To Apostolics, God is like Karl Rove. :) And, this even fits now with Rove leaving because Apostolics believe that the Holy Spirit ditches and runs for the tall grass whenever we sin too much. The comparison is pretty close. :)

3,492 posted on 08/21/2007 3:24:42 AM PDT by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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