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Apr 1 2020 11:45pm
I started with the beginning of the beginning, Genesis. Lots of questions came to mind. Let’s start with this

under the assumption that God is all powerful, and can transcend in time, did he know Eve would eat the forbidden fruit? why go through the process if he already knew she would eat it, and then punish us humans?

Also just before the Noah part, God mentions regretting creating humans. God had feelings? And again, why create humans in the first place if he knew they would conduct themselves in an evil way?

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Apr 2 2020 01:01am
no one here can convert you... only the bible will
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Apr 2 2020 02:21am
God gave humans free will, so we will all make choices and decisions.
Even though God knew what Eve would do, he still has to let it play out so that all our choices will have repercussions (meaning judgement can be made/passed AFTER we make the choices of our own free will).
Interfering with our choices or decisions means he would be breaking his own rule of giving us the free will. Therefore it does not happen and everything must be played out for everyone.
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Apr 2 2020 07:46pm
First of all I'm happy that you started reading the Bible! It's truly an amazing book! :)

I think Chivas pretty much nailed it with his answer but I would fully recommend praying to God first and ask Him to be your Lord and Savior. Ask Him to forgive you of your sins and to give you faith in Him.

God knows where you are in your faith and He's willing to meet you where you are and help you walk with Him. The fact that you even started reading the Bible is a sign that He's calling you to Him. This is an awesome thing!

I know people that have read the Bible for 40 years and still don't have it all figured out and they never will while here on this earth. The Bible is God's Word and He uses it to guide us down the right path in this life and to advance His Kingdom.

Best thing to do is ask Him to help you understand the Bible and help you apply it to your life. I hope i didn't make it seem too complicated!

1. Ask God for forgiveness and to be your Lord and Savior
2. Pray before reading
3. Don't stop doing 1 and 2

4. When the time is right for you, get baptized
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Apr 3 2020 10:27am
Quote (ChivasRegal @ Apr 2 2020 04:21am)
God gave humans free will, so we will all make choices and decisions.
Even though God knew what Eve would do, he still has to let it play out so that all our choices will have repercussions (meaning judgement can be made/passed AFTER we make the choices of our own free will).
Interfering with our choices or decisions means he would be breaking his own rule of giving us the free will. Therefore it does not happen and everything must be played out for everyone.


Quote (wraps @ Apr 2 2020 09:46pm)
First of all I'm happy that you started reading the Bible! It's truly an amazing book! :)

I think Chivas pretty much nailed it with his answer but I would fully recommend praying to God first and ask Him to be your Lord and Savior. Ask Him to forgive you of your sins and to give you faith in Him.

God knows where you are in your faith and He's willing to meet you where you are and help you walk with Him. The fact that you even started reading the Bible is a sign that He's calling you to Him. This is an awesome thing!

I know people that have read the Bible for 40 years and still don't have it all figured out and they never will while here on this earth. The Bible is God's Word and He uses it to guide us down the right path in this life and to advance His Kingdom.

Best thing to do is ask Him to help you understand the Bible and help you apply it to your life. I hope i didn't make it seem too complicated!

1. Ask God for forgiveness and to be your Lord and Savior
2. Pray before reading
3. Don't stop doing 1 and 2

4. When the time is right for you, get baptized



then my second question would be why did he choose to give us free will? especially knowing in advance everything that’s going to happen? why place the tree in the first place? we wouldn’t have had awareness concerning what’s good and what’s bad, things would be better don’t you think? Boiling down to fundamentals, the way I see it is God could have made is so we don’t suffer, and he didn’t. What I’m trying to figure out is why he did not, and “Have faith in Him” is not enough

Also, could you try answering the part where God seems to have feelings
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Apr 3 2020 10:32am
I’d be curious to know a christian’s opinion on Lord Shiva, if anyone would like to
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Apr 3 2020 10:55am
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Apr 3 2020 10:59am
if your son is learning to walk should you follow him around all day making sure he wont ever fall? no, of course not. you put padding on the sharp stuff and let them stumble.

also tho, if you're starting off in biblical study in a literal sense you're just going to convince yourself religion is for idiots.

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Apr 3 2020 11:17am
Quote (thesnipa @ Apr 3 2020 11:59am)
if your son is learning to walk should you follow him around all day making sure he wont ever fall? no, of course not. you put padding on the sharp stuff and let them stumble.

also tho, if you're starting off in biblical study in a literal sense you're just going to convince yourself religion is for idiots.


So why did God put piles of sharp glass right in the middle of the path? (i.e. the fruit of knowledge right in the center of the garden).

Although you're not a literalist, so the easy explanation is "it's an allegory, not literal truth".

Still, why teach your son to walk when you could just create him fully developed with the lessons he would have learned from failing already implanted in his brain.
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