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First of all, I want to introduce myself.
My name is not important, but I am a 25 year old man, married, with a baby on the way.
I grew up in a pretty strict christian household (couldn't even go to the movies type deal...). My dad became a believer in '97 and dragged the whole family down the Jesus path.
I have always believed the word (since it was taught to me), and have always had faith in our creator, but as I get older, more and more questions rise up.
As a kid, things are much easier to understand, and to believe, but then of course life comes in and can change your points of view quite drastically. Not to mention, the enemy is always firing his fiery darts of thought....(Right?)
So I guess it is now time to address the post's title, "Is God Happy?"
The reason I ask this is because I cannot help but to wonder why everything is so complex when it comes to the story of creation and humanity. If God is a god of peace, love and order, then why is everything the way it is?
Why did there have to be sin?
Why did there have to be rebellion?
Why did there have to be beings of greater intelligence and greater strength that torment us dumber, and frantic humans?
Why would God not show himself in a palpable way for everyone to see?
Why is there so much mystery as to who and what God is?
Why are there so many wildly different interpretations of the word? (Not to mention the tons of different translations)
God is omniscient, so he must have foreseen all of the "bugs" with the system right?
Why did he even allow the possibility for his creation to rebel? Why?
I just cant't help but to ask myself if God is happy with how things turned out.
Sure, it probably has only been a couple of days for God since he created adam, but we are stuck in this time lapse, and WE HAVE TO LIVE HERE, LIKE THIS.....
Sure, God wants us to depend on him, and develop our faith, etc....
But it is not fun.
My name is not important, but I am a 25 year old man, married, with a baby on the way.
I grew up in a pretty strict christian household (couldn't even go to the movies type deal...). My dad became a believer in '97 and dragged the whole family down the Jesus path.
I have always believed the word (since it was taught to me), and have always had faith in our creator, but as I get older, more and more questions rise up.
As a kid, things are much easier to understand, and to believe, but then of course life comes in and can change your points of view quite drastically. Not to mention, the enemy is always firing his fiery darts of thought....(Right?)
So I guess it is now time to address the post's title, "Is God Happy?"
The reason I ask this is because I cannot help but to wonder why everything is so complex when it comes to the story of creation and humanity. If God is a god of peace, love and order, then why is everything the way it is?
Why did there have to be sin?
Why did there have to be rebellion?
Why did there have to be beings of greater intelligence and greater strength that torment us dumber, and frantic humans?
Why would God not show himself in a palpable way for everyone to see?
Why is there so much mystery as to who and what God is?
Why are there so many wildly different interpretations of the word? (Not to mention the tons of different translations)
God is omniscient, so he must have foreseen all of the "bugs" with the system right?
Why did he even allow the possibility for his creation to rebel? Why?
I just cant't help but to ask myself if God is happy with how things turned out.
Sure, it probably has only been a couple of days for God since he created adam, but we are stuck in this time lapse, and WE HAVE TO LIVE HERE, LIKE THIS.....
Sure, God wants us to depend on him, and develop our faith, etc....
But it is not fun.