Another question for the religious types

by **umanouski** on Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:05 pm

god sends our souls to prove ourselves worthy of acceptance to heaven. However, he takes that life to let us live beyond what we can possibly imagine, and get what we deserve. Pricks go to hell, and others go to heaven.

However, when you draw his wrath (like the Egyptians) he can be quite deadly.

by **jay_a2j** on Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:10 pm

Dancing Mustard wrote:If God spent time and effort inventing dinosaurs and then put them on this earth; why did he choose to wipe them out with a massive meteorite shortly after?

I don't know but my guess is Adam would have spent so mush time trying to avoid being eaten by T-rex that him and Eve wouldn't be able to populate the earth.

by **CrazyAnglican** on Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:32 am

Dancing Mustard wrote:
CrazyAnglican wrote:That being said, why does the fact that everything dies (in the temporary earthly sense) take anything away from the goodness of God who gave them that life in the first place. Let's say I give you a cheeseburger, and you eat it. Am I evil for giving you something that isn't permanent, or am I a nice guy who bought you a cheeseburger? You seem to think I'm evil; I tend to think I'm a nice guy

But dinosaurs are not cheeseburgers, I never got to eat a dinosaur, whereas I did get to eat the cheeseburger. Why would a loving god tantalise me with meaty meaty dinosaurs that he killed before I could eat them? I don't know why a loving God would create a foodstuff, then whip it away before we had a chance to munch on it. Why would an all loving God take away tasty snacks from people capable of worshipping him? What good were those dinosaurs to him anyway, especially after eating that Igaunadon?

So, um, what was your answer to my question? Why do you think of God as cruel, evil or mean? Especially when he gives us lives (admittedly impermanent ones) in the hopes that we can use them to gain a permanent existence. I missed your answer; it seemed you were in a hurry to ask me another question.

by **Fircoal** on Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:52 am

Dancing Mustard wrote:If God spent time and effort inventing dinosaurs and then put them on this earth; why did he choose to wipe them out with a massive meteorite shortly after?

Because I got drunk and felt like killing somethings. No big.