On Wednesday 20 February 2008 13:45, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Feb 20, 2008, at 12:35 PM, Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/
> Why is it that an omnipotent being "wants" anything? Why, if love and > understanding is the ulitimate goal, did he create beings of imperfect > perception and wisdom, and then take all of the ones who, because of > flaws he designed and built, condemns them to be tortured for all > eternity? > > You can spout all the sugary phrases you like, but these simple > questions don't go away. Hi Ed! You just want God to meet YOUR conditions, it doesn't seem to occur to you for you to meet His. Faith is the key, and faith is free for the believing. If you believe, the "simple questions" are all answered by the fact that it is God's creation and He gets to do it His way because He IS God. He doesn't have to explain, and we don't have to know everything, we need only believe that He is God. It was fun, no doubt, for you to truculently argue with the priests as a teenager, but now you are a man. It is time for you to believe in God. If you believe you can be saved from being "tortured for all eternity". -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
