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To: stuartcr
I don’t agree. I believe that we cannot constrain God to our logic as it just isn’t sophisticated enough, nor are we capable of comprehending Him.

I never suggested 'constraining' God to our logic, I submit that by using our God-given logic, we can begin to understand the Almighty if we seek Him.
Psalms 27:8 says
"When Thou saidst, Seek ye My Face; my heart said unto Thee, Thy Face, LORD, will I seek".

Each human soul has a natural born longing for the Creator who gave them life and meaning, even if they are not immediately able to recognize it. In some, they have that realization early in life, in others, it takes a while.

After all, many people act illogically and we can’t even figure out why they do what they do, much less God.

I believe we can understand why people act illogically, IF we apply our own God-given intelligence and logic. As for understanding God, we will not fully understand Him until we have transcended the limitations of these mortal bodies and stand before Him.

If God is the creator of all, as you say based on His design, how is it, that He didn’t create that flaw? Perhaps it’s not even a flaw, could just be a design characteristic.

God did not create the flaw, He gave us free will and we chose wrong, we chose badly. That wasn't the fault of God but fortunately He loved us enough to sacrifice His only begotten Son Jesus Christ so that we might be reconciled to the Father by virtue of the Blood of Jesus shed for our sins, shed for you and shed for me.
65 posted on 07/23/2008 9:34:42 AM PDT by mkjessup (Jesus said it, I believe it, and that settles it.)
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To: mkjessup

I believe that using our logic to understand God, is the same as constraning Him to the bounds of that logic. Maybe it’s just semantics.

I agree that we will not truly know God in this life, I only hope that we may know more after death.

As I have stated uncountable times before, I believe that as the creator, God knows what our free will choices are before He creates us and we can only do as He knows we will. Therefore, I do not believe we truly have free will, as it has been pre-determined by God, what we will do in our lifetime.


66 posted on 07/23/2008 10:01:12 AM PDT by stuartcr (Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
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