Sure, if it is a part of His plan. For an extreme example, I'm sure it has happened that God caused someone's foot to itch such that he scratched it, thereby delaying the person from putting on his shoes to go out on an errand by a few seconds. Those few seconds of delay wound up meaning the difference between life and death in a car accident that was barely avoided by just a few seconds
I hope you realize there is nothing factual in this. It's no different than believeing in pink unicorns on Jupiter.
What I get from the Bible is that God wants us to be virtous, rational and merciful beings. Anything short of that is a failure of our intended purpose. It has to do with how we live, how we act and what we do and think. He made us capable of that, with His help of course.
The Reformed seem to believe in robots who are shuffeld around in some big chess game God is playing against Himself. What you are describing above is a fairytale.
Does He make you think bad thoughts too?
If by "bad thoughts" you mean sinful thoughts, then NO, He does not do that. God does not force anyone to sin.
I knew that was coming! God is in full control, fully sovereign, except when it comes to sin. Then He relinquishes His control. And while He forces us to sin by His irresitible will and "plan," we are the ones who are "sinning" according to the Reformed theology.
The Bible says that God does not tempt anyone
Right, but the way your side interprets it is that He uses others to temp us, as in the book of Job. He has created a suitable tempter (ha-satan) to do the dirty for. In fact, the OT is full of exmaples where God sends His angels to do the killing and forcing...
You underestimate how much God loves us
I do? Sounds just a tad bit presumptious, don't you think? You know that for a fact? Gee, you must have some "inside" information. :)
I said in an earlier post that my eye color could not possibly be a result of chance since green is my wife's favorite color for eyes.
Do you realize how many other women in this world think of it as their favorite color?
I know for a FACT [sic] that God brought my wife and me together
You know the first thing that comes to my mind when I see such a sweeping generalization is "prove it," but I won't say that because it is your private matter. Suffice it to say that, as far as I am concerned, it is yet another extraodinary claim that lacks extraordinary proof. The only evidence we have is that people make such claims based on some "inner knowledge" (gnosis) and claim it as "fact."
Kosta: What exactly do Southern Baptists say about dinosaur bones?
FK: Nothing, officially.
Is the silence simply convenient or too hot of a potato to handle? What about the Neanderthal bones?
FK: Nothing, officially.
Kosta: Is the silence simply convenient or too hot of a potato to handle? What about the Neanderthal bones?
I assume it is for the same reason that the Orthodox Church does not have an official position on everything. For one thing, the Confession would be thousands of pages long and for another, on matters not absolutely explicit in the Bible good Christians may disagree. So, to my knowledge the Southern Baptist Convention has no policy concerning bones of any kind.