On 08/11/10 15:58, Publius Maximus wrote: > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Eurico Chagas Filho > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> The angels have no Free Will, they were made by God to rebel against HIM. >> It was a rebelion by design. The man, needed the duality of good and evil to >> find >> the right path. >> So God sacrificed his best angel to achive this. >> > This is a plausible interpretation as far as the will (free or > otherwise) of angels is concerned, and the devil basically asking God > for permission to do Job ill is a case in point. I still believe they > have a degree of autonomy within their created disposition (in > rebellion like Lucifer vs. in obedience like Gabriel or Michael), > which God permits, such that they do what they were "wound up" to do > so to speak .. but we are the wildcard in that because our actions are > not necessarily "part of the plan" unless we submit our wills through > faith to God's, but they have ramifications in the angelic realms > based on the order of things as God ordained it. > > I think a key to an even deeper comprehension of God's cosmic purpose > in all this is to be found in the fact of our being made 'in God's > image' -- unpacking this part of the puzzle will go a long way toward > resolving all the why-for's and what-not's of our lot in life. >
And *that* is the key here. Why the fuck did he start the whole bloody mess in the first place, was he bored? Did he need beings so as to torture them? And on a side note, if we are made "in god's image", then it follows he must experience doubt, give in to sin, etc. etc. I never heard we were *only* made in his image in the good parts. So how godly is he finally is? _______________________________________________ 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.
