Little Girl Kills Intruders
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- gramme0
The fact that you think an almighty being controls the ins and outs of every man woman and child's day to day is fascinating to me.
mrdobolina
(May 3 07, 12:27)Pay close attention to the semantics here, because they separate mountains.
In the simplest possible terms: I believe God, being omnitient (all-knowing) and omnipotent (all-present) knows everything past, present and future. He predestined the course of the world. He did not author evil, since evil is not an actual entity unto itself (not to be confused with demonic entities, which I do believe to be real). Evil is perfection tarnished. Evil was not originally in the world, but was allowed in for some divine reason nobody claims to understand. Within the framework of God's authorship of all this is good or was once good, is where human thought and action is given free reign. Yes, God knew that you would forget to take out the garbage this morning. But he did not cause you to forget. We are able to choose, but only within the limted scope of human understanding.
Things that are beyond us, things that are greater than us must be revealed. Otherwise, they cannot be known. Thus, God makes himself known in the world: his revelation is evident in nature, in Scripture, in music, in painting, in setting a line of type, in a sunset, in the release from grief in sleep, in death and in resurrection.
So, you might ask, what is the point? If God knows all and allows everything that has and will happen, why even exist? Why not put the gun to our heads before seeing the light of day?
...Because we are all here for a reason, or a set of reasons. We all have a task to fulfill. The ultimate task is love, something that we all fail at (myself included) on a daily basis. But I believe man's chief end is to know God and to enjoy him forever. Notice the 'enjoy' part. This means to llive life and, ultimately, eternity to the fullest. Not to have your life driven by a list of do's and dont's. There are so many things I do, whether it's reading a book, designing something, praying, making love to my wife, enjoying a joke, the list goes on, that are more meaningful because they are divine gifts. Thus I am free to have life, to enjoy life, and to have it to the fullest.