If God is good why do we fear him?

[100 others]

BUT YOU PAY TAXES TO A GOVERNMENT THAT ACTIVELY PROMOTES IT

As far as power:

Government>>>>> god

 

[BigE's Taper Fade]

As far as power:

Government>>>>> god

so the being that created all law and order of the universe, all chaos in the universe, everything you perceive, and everything that makes up what you perceive is less powerful than a collection of a body of men and their desires and whims based upon sthe specific living conditions of an extremely minute amount of time (compared to the vastness of history and existence) that they will reside on earth



darwinism is a hell of a drug

 

[Mowgli]

If the Devil is bad, then why does he punish people who sin?

Someone explain please?

Because fear of god is the first step to intelligence. Not fearing God means you're living a life of immorality which shows you have no fear of God which means, you might get fukked up.

 

[Earnings]

I always felt this was some backwards gabage to keep us back... Makes 0 sense 2 me

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Relevant:

 

[Yungin]

Free will is exactly that, the will to do whatever it is you choose. Earth was invented for the sole purpose of free will, a chance to give every person to devote themselves to God for his will, but if you choose to ignore it, than yes there will be murderers, molesters, etc. God interfering with such evil would be completely going against his plan and destroying the entire point of free will. God is always in full control, so those who do sin will have to answer to him at the end of their days. Also keep in mind Earth is only a temporary home for humans until the day God has had enough and will wipe away the entire planet, leaving only Heaven and Hell for eternity.

How come he couldnt control satan?

 

[Yungin]

This thread is kind of hard to follow so I'll just try and answer this question.

God is good, God is bad, God is everything. God is the devil, God is angels, God is demons. Nothing escapes God or comes out of his boundaries. He is everything.

God doesn't punish people. People get themselves in trouble and have to deal with consequences hopefully while going through that they are able to strengthen their relationship with God. If you sin it's not God who's punishing you, your punishing yourself. You choose to do things that take you to places that are bad.

theres people that dont sin but suffer everyday B

 

[Blackking]

How come he couldnt control satan?

He chose not to control angels, jinns, or humans. Satan refused to support the notion that humans were special - that we were anything other than random specks in the universe made up of mud bacteria dirt and water, etc. So he wouldn't bow to humans and show respect for God's greatest creation (on Earth at least). Iblis was called the enemy after that refusal; translated to satan.

We have free will just as satan has.

Metaphorically satan represents the idea of thinking of humans as indispensable accidents in our universe. He also represents unrighteousness.

Which may be a reason why you hear people who are anti-god saying... humans aren't special, no different than any other animal, and they probably support unmoral or unnatural causes, and they are on average more psychologically depressed.

 

[JayYoung314]

How come he couldnt control satan?

free will. god is in full control, even when people are given free will God still allows things to happen under his will, including Satan.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

 

[Snitchin Splatter]

I'm sure you had a healthy fear of your parents when you were younger did that make them bad?

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

I'm sure you had a healthy fear of your parents when you were younger did that make them bad?

My parents never threatened to send me to hell to suffer for an eternity.

 

[Snitchin Splatter]

My parents never threatened to send me to hell to suffer for an eternity.

But I'm sure your parents threatened to take you out of the world a few times, was it because they didn't like you and wanted you to fear them or because they wanted the best for you?

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

But I'm sure you're parents threatened to take you out of the world a few times, was it because they didn't like you and wanted you to fear them or because they wanted the best for you?

My parents never threatened to kill me.

 

[Mowgli]

When you look at the habits of people who go out of their way to disrespect God you find they're always lowlifes and degenerates of some kind.