If God is all powerful, ...

[Indeependent]

Why create anything?

Don't people who create anything do it out of love?

And can one express love to someone who has no choice but to accept it?
We may as well have a relationship with an object.

 

[Penelope]

If God is all powerful, all knowing, and an all loving God, then why didn't he create us to be perfect?

If God is all powerful and can do all things, surely he would be able to create a perfect being who has all power, all knowledge, and is a perfectly loving being. To say that he cannot create such a being is to admit that God is not all powerful.

If God is all knowing surely he has the knowledge to create a perfect being and to give that perfect being a perfect knowledge.

If God is an all loving being who loves his creations then he would surely want the best for his creations. He would want his creations to be perfect. Thus he would create us to be perfect. Even in a world or universe where free will exists, if God created us to be perfect, then we with our perfect knowledge could surely reason out that we should choose good over evil always and never make a bad decision. We would be created with a heart filled with love for our fellow beings and our own creations. God would spare us the evil we experience in this world as we would have started out from creation as perfect beings never to commit any act that is contrary to what is right and good.

So why didn't God simply create us to be perfect?

According to Judeo-Christian tradition, he did. We were given free will, and fucked up.

Ya know, there is a Jewish religion full of different sects, and there is the Christian religion full of different sects.

Moses's face is a recess plaque in the House of Representative, full face, all the others side face, but yet NO Jesus face or half face, what does that tell you? It was done after 1948 when Israel declared themselves a state.

The US was never a Judeo-Christian nation until 1950.

 

[Meriweather]

And can one express love to someone who has no choice but to accept it?
We may as well have a relationship with an object.

How can someone not have a choice about accepting love?

 

[Indeependent]

And can one express love to someone who has no choice but to accept it?
We may as well have a relationship with an object.

How can someone not have a choice about accepting love?

You’ve never been loved by someone you didn’t love?
The essential aspect of love for God is obsessing over Him 24/7, via emotions and actions.
You would never do, or not do, something your loved one objects to.

 

[onefour1]

If God is all powerful, all knowing, and an all loving God, then why didn't he create us to be perfect?

If God is all powerful and can do all things, surely he would be able to create a perfect being who has all power, all knowledge, and is a perfectly loving being. To say that he cannot create such a being is to admit that God is not all powerful.

If God is all knowing surely he has the knowledge to create a perfect being and to give that perfect being a perfect knowledge.

If God is an all loving being who loves his creations then he would surely want the best for his creations. He would want his creations to be perfect. Thus he would create us to be perfect. Even in a world or universe where free will exists, if God created us to be perfect, then we with our perfect knowledge could surely reason out that we should choose good over evil always and never make a bad decision. We would be created with a heart filled with love for our fellow beings and our own creations. God would spare us the evil we experience in this world as we would have started out from creation as perfect beings never to commit any act that is contrary to what is right and good.

So why didn't God simply create us to be perfect?

According to Judeo-Christian tradition, he did. We were given free will, and fucked up.

If God had created us perfect, we would have always made the right choice. Since man has sinned and fallen short, he obviously made a wrong decision or imperfect decision. Thus man was not created perfect. A perfect being would have understood what the right choice would be and always make that choice. According to Judeo-Christian tradition, man was not created with a perfect knowledge of all things and having free will made the choice to fall and die.

 

[onefour1]

Any chance you're a parent? A husband & wife 'create' their kids, they think they're perfect little angels. They teach them all the right & good stuff...….


But them little buggers soon turn faster than a top to all the parents tried to protect them from.


Same premise, just on a much grander scale

I agree. They weren't such PERFECT angels after all.

 

[Meriweather]

The essential aspect of love for God is obsessing over Him 24/7, via emotions and actions.

Disagree. Strongly. Love for God directs us straight back to loving those around us. It encompasses.

 

[Penelope]

The essential aspect of love for God is obsessing over Him 24/7, via emotions and actions.

Disagree. Strongly. Love for God directs us straight back to loving those around us. It encompasses.

Describe love?

 

[Indeependent]

The essential aspect of love for God is obsessing over Him 24/7, via emotions and actions.

Disagree. Strongly. Love for God directs us straight back to loving those around us. It encompasses.

There is no word in Hebrew for love.
The word oh-have, which is incorrectly translated as love, means “giving”.
We are Biblically commanded by God to be giving, whether we want to or not.

 

[BreezeWood]

If God is all powerful, all knowing, and an all loving God, then why didn't he create us to be perfect?

If God is all powerful and can do all things, surely he would be able to create a perfect being who has all power, all knowledge, and is a perfectly loving being. To say that he cannot create such a being is to admit that God is not all powerful.

If God is all knowing surely he has the knowledge to create a perfect being and to give that perfect being a perfect knowledge.

If God is an all loving being who loves his creations then he would surely want the best for his creations. He would want his creations to be perfect. Thus he would create us to be perfect. Even in a world or universe where free will exists, if God created us to be perfect, then we with our perfect knowledge could surely reason out that we should choose good over evil always and never make a bad decision. We would be created with a heart filled with love for our fellow beings and our own creations. God would spare us the evil we experience in this world as we would have started out from creation as perfect beings never to commit any act that is contrary to what is right and good.

So why didn't God simply create us to be perfect?

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If God is all powerful, all knowing, and an all loving God, then why didn't he (they) create us to be perfect?

that was not their intent or the above itself is flawed ...

also your adjectives when kettled together have unlimited possibilities, considering the moon too is alive.

 

[james bond]

If God is all powerful, all knowing, and an all loving God, then why didn't he create us to be perfect?

He did, but he gave him free will and he disobeyed God. This allowed Satan dominion over the Earth. Thus, he had to sacrifice his only son to make up and save us. Jesus became the perfect human.

 

[Marion Morrison]

If God is all powerful, all knowing, and an all loving God, then why didn't he create us to be perfect?

If God is all powerful and can do all things, surely he would be able to create a perfect being who has all power, all knowledge, and is a perfectly loving being. To say that he cannot create such a being is to admit that God is not all powerful.

If God is all knowing surely he has the knowledge to create a perfect being and to give that perfect being a perfect knowledge.

If God is an all loving being who loves his creations then he would surely want the best for his creations. He would want his creations to be perfect. Thus he would create us to be perfect. Even in a world or universe where free will exists, if God created us to be perfect, then we with our perfect knowledge could surely reason out that we should choose good over evil always and never make a bad decision. We would be created with a heart filled with love for our fellow beings and our own creations. God would spare us the evil we experience in this world as we would have started out from creation as perfect beings never to commit any act that is contrary to what is right and good.

So why didn't God simply create us to be perfect?

Free will, next! Whether or not you're ugly is another story. Next!

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

If God is all powerful, all knowing, and an all loving God, then why didn't he create us to be perfect?

If God is all powerful and can do all things, surely he would be able to create a perfect being who has all power, all knowledge, and is a perfectly loving being. To say that he cannot create such a being is to admit that God is not all powerful.

If God is all knowing surely he has the knowledge to create a perfect being and to give that perfect being a perfect knowledge.

If God is an all loving being who loves his creations then he would surely want the best for his creations. He would want his creations to be perfect. Thus he would create us to be perfect. Even in a world or universe where free will exists, if God created us to be perfect, then we with our perfect knowledge could surely reason out that we should choose good over evil always and never make a bad decision. We would be created with a heart filled with love for our fellow beings and our own creations. God would spare us the evil we experience in this world as we would have started out from creation as perfect beings never to commit any act that is contrary to what is right and good.

So why didn't God simply create us to be perfect?

According to Judeo-Christian tradition, he did. We were given free will, and fucked up.

Ya know, there is a Jewish religion full of different sects, and there is the Christian religion full of different sects.

Moses's face is a recess plaque in the House of Representative, full face, all the others side face, but yet NO Jesus face or half face, what does that tell you? It was done after 1948 when Israel declared themselves a state.

The US was never a Judeo-Christian nation until 1950.

It still is not. Never has been.

It is not a Christian nation. It IS a nation of Christians.

You don't know much US v. Soviet history, eh?

 

[onefour1]

If God is all powerful, all knowing, and an all loving God, then why didn't he create us to be perfect?

He did, but he gave him free will and he disobeyed God. This allowed Satan dominion over the Earth. Thus, he had to sacrifice his only son to make up and save us. Jesus became the perfect human.

If God had created us perfect, we would have always made the right choice. Since man has sinned and fallen short, he obviously made a wrong decision or imperfect decision. Thus man was not created perfect. A perfect being would have understood what the right choice would be and always make that choice. According to the bible, man was not created with a perfect knowledge of all things (they didn't know good from evil) and having free will made the choice to fall and die.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

If God is all powerful, all knowing, and an all loving God, then why didn't he create us to be perfect?

If God is all powerful and can do all things, surely he would be able to create a perfect being who has all power, all knowledge, and is a perfectly loving being. To say that he cannot create such a being is to admit that God is not all powerful.

If God is all knowing surely he has the knowledge to create a perfect being and to give that perfect being a perfect knowledge.

If God is an all loving being who loves his creations then he would surely want the best for his creations. He would want his creations to be perfect. Thus he would create us to be perfect. Even in a world or universe where free will exists, if God created us to be perfect, then we with our perfect knowledge could surely reason out that we should choose good over evil always and never make a bad decision. We would be created with a heart filled with love for our fellow beings and our own creations. God would spare us the evil we experience in this world as we would have started out from creation as perfect beings never to commit any act that is contrary to what is right and good.

So why didn't God simply create us to be perfect?

According to Judeo-Christian tradition, he did. We were given free will, and fucked up.

If God had created us perfect, we would have always made the right choice. Since man has sinned and fallen short, he obviously made a wrong decision or imperfect decision. Thus man was not created perfect. A perfect being would have understood what the right choice would be and always make that choice. According to Judeo-Christian tradition, man was not created with a perfect knowledge of all things and having free will made the choice to fall and die.

Perfect in terms of spirit. Eating from the forbidden Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, an exercise of free will, caused the fall.

 

[onefour1]

If God is all powerful, all knowing, and an all loving God, then why didn't he create us to be perfect?

If God is all powerful and can do all things, surely he would be able to create a perfect being who has all power, all knowledge, and is a perfectly loving being. To say that he cannot create such a being is to admit that God is not all powerful.

If God is all knowing surely he has the knowledge to create a perfect being and to give that perfect being a perfect knowledge.

If God is an all loving being who loves his creations then he would surely want the best for his creations. He would want his creations to be perfect. Thus he would create us to be perfect. Even in a world or universe where free will exists, if God created us to be perfect, then we with our perfect knowledge could surely reason out that we should choose good over evil always and never make a bad decision. We would be created with a heart filled with love for our fellow beings and our own creations. God would spare us the evil we experience in this world as we would have started out from creation as perfect beings never to commit any act that is contrary to what is right and good.

So why didn't God simply create us to be perfect?

According to Judeo-Christian tradition, he did. We were given free will, and fucked up.

If God had created us perfect, we would have always made the right choice. Since man has sinned and fallen short, he obviously made a wrong decision or imperfect decision. Thus man was not created perfect. A perfect being would have understood what the right choice would be and always make that choice. According to Judeo-Christian tradition, man was not created with a perfect knowledge of all things and having free will made the choice to fall and die.

Perfect in terms of spirit. Eating from the forbidden Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, an exercise of free will, caused the fall.

Let me put it another way. If God the Father, who has free will, is given a choice, would he ever make the wrong choice? If not, then why not?

 

[S.J.]

If God had created us perfect there would be no Democrats. What fun would that be? Who would we laugh at on election night?

 

[Meriweather]

There is no word in Hebrew for love.
The word oh-have, which is incorrectly translated as love, means “giving”.
We are Biblically commanded by God to be giving, whether we want to or not.

Ecclesiastes 11.

The Bible advises us how to live a rich and fulfilling life. Ecclesiastes 11 tells us how giving benefits us. Most of the Commandments have that same benefit. It enriches us.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

If God is all powerful, all knowing, and an all loving God, then why didn't he create us to be perfect?

If God is all powerful and can do all things, surely he would be able to create a perfect being who has all power, all knowledge, and is a perfectly loving being. To say that he cannot create such a being is to admit that God is not all powerful.

If God is all knowing surely he has the knowledge to create a perfect being and to give that perfect being a perfect knowledge.

If God is an all loving being who loves his creations then he would surely want the best for his creations. He would want his creations to be perfect. Thus he would create us to be perfect. Even in a world or universe where free will exists, if God created us to be perfect, then we with our perfect knowledge could surely reason out that we should choose good over evil always and never make a bad decision. We would be created with a heart filled with love for our fellow beings and our own creations. God would spare us the evil we experience in this world as we would have started out from creation as perfect beings never to commit any act that is contrary to what is right and good.

So why didn't God simply create us to be perfect?

According to Judeo-Christian tradition, he did. We were given free will, and fucked up.

If God had created us perfect, we would have always made the right choice. Since man has sinned and fallen short, he obviously made a wrong decision or imperfect decision. Thus man was not created perfect. A perfect being would have understood what the right choice would be and always make that choice. According to Judeo-Christian tradition, man was not created with a perfect knowledge of all things and having free will made the choice to fall and die.

Perfect in terms of spirit. Eating from the forbidden Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, an exercise of free will, caused the fall.

Let me put it another way. If God the Father, who has free will, is given a choice, would he ever make the wrong choice? If not, then why not?

Who would decide that it was a "wrong choice"?

 

[onefour1]

If God is all powerful, all knowing, and an all loving God, then why didn't he create us to be perfect?

If God is all powerful and can do all things, surely he would be able to create a perfect being who has all power, all knowledge, and is a perfectly loving being. To say that he cannot create such a being is to admit that God is not all powerful.

If God is all knowing surely he has the knowledge to create a perfect being and to give that perfect being a perfect knowledge.

If God is an all loving being who loves his creations then he would surely want the best for his creations. He would want his creations to be perfect. Thus he would create us to be perfect. Even in a world or universe where free will exists, if God created us to be perfect, then we with our perfect knowledge could surely reason out that we should choose good over evil always and never make a bad decision. We would be created with a heart filled with love for our fellow beings and our own creations. God would spare us the evil we experience in this world as we would have started out from creation as perfect beings never to commit any act that is contrary to what is right and good.

So why didn't God simply create us to be perfect?

According to Judeo-Christian tradition, he did. We were given free will, and fucked up.

If God had created us perfect, we would have always made the right choice. Since man has sinned and fallen short, he obviously made a wrong decision or imperfect decision. Thus man was not created perfect. A perfect being would have understood what the right choice would be and always make that choice. According to Judeo-Christian tradition, man was not created with a perfect knowledge of all things and having free will made the choice to fall and die.

Perfect in terms of spirit. Eating from the forbidden Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, an exercise of free will, caused the fall.

Let me put it another way. If God the Father, who has free will, is given a choice, would he ever make the wrong choice? If not, then why not?

Who would decide that it was a "wrong choice"?

Let me define it a little further. God the Father decrees throughout all his kingdom that it is eternally wrong for any being to worship false gods. Then, having free will, would God the Father ever choose to worship a false god? If not, then why not?