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| Yes why doesn't God just deny us the choice by not requiring that we cook our food. It just cooks itself automatically. That would be great. And how about just providing food for us instead of us working to buy food? That'd be nice too. |
If I came to you and gave you the same meal everyday for the rest of your life, never giving you the ability to decide for yourself what you would eat, would you love me or hate me?
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| To answer your last question, I don't think a loving, all powerful father would want us scathed. A father that puts his children through unnecessary pain to learn lessons that they don't actually need to learn is a father I'd disown. |
Can you know Joy without having an awareness of misery? Happiness without sadness? What kind of father would not want his son to experience happiness or joy?
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| What I don't understand is why the supposed "wise" God would actually *want* to be worshipped |
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Imagine you and I are in Vietnam, our helicopter has just crashed deep in the dark jungle. The enemy has very craftily laid well hidden snares in order to destroy us. A medic in our outfit calmly explains, I know the way, follow me. Do we follow him? If we do is it egotistical for him to expect us to follow his every command without hesitation? Shouldnt we give this man the respect, the "worship" necessary to see us through the jungle?