Quote (Thor123422 @ Jan 28 2018 07:11am)
Yeah it didn't answer the question. If God knows everything then "if somebody changes" isn't a possibility. God knew beforehand if they would change, and can harden/soften hearts to make them change in the direction he wants.
Well God knew that Adam and Eve would eat from the Tree of Knowledge. He didn't stop them. As a matter of fact, the way he acted was in the 'here and now'. At least that way you can better understand God.
How to explain this hmm? I like to see it as God making it easier for us to understand him because he doesn't act on what we're 'going to do'. God knew that Cain would kill Abel but the judgement came after he did that.
How would you relate to God if he acted on what you were going to do? He would stop you at every turn, every point. Then you would not be able to have a relationship with God because you would then describe him as a parent with a short leash on the dog.
Is that clear enough or not really?
Quote (Scaly @ Jan 27 2018 11:29pm)
Yarly.
I mean it would be intellectually dishonest to claim no god exists but I think we can say with a reasonable degree of certainty that the god of Abraham and Moses does not exist and never did. Just too many contradicting aspects for it to be possible.
Then explain to me how The Bible managed to accurately predict the events in 1948?