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How do you live in this world - filled with wars and chaos - with no hope of redemption or things getting better, and just thing "yep, this is all there is, life is good". As Christians, we have assurance, certainty and comfort in that Jesus is coming back to judge the world, destroy all the wicked and bring us to eternal life. Atheists don't have that. Even worse, some even prefer to insult this God. What's keeping me grounded in this life is the knowledge that God dictates when my life ends- not me.

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[-] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

looks around at the horrors of gods creation

find comfort in the fact that he'll be responsible for your death too

Absolutely normal, not psychotic behavior

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -1 points 3 weeks ago

God didn't create evil. People did.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

So your claimed God isn't all powerful and is not the creator of the universe? Who created the evil in the first place because you claim the universe and all of its rules are built by your god, so the evil lies at his feet unless you're claiming a more powerful creator did the evil bits.

Who does he report to?

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -1 points 3 weeks ago

Darkness is the absence of light.

[-] bizarroland@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

God did explicitly create evil.

The fruit of the tree was the fruit of the "knowledge" of good and evil, not the "seed" of good and evil.

But he probably created evil so that there could be good, the same way he created darkness so that there could be light, the way he divided the waters from the land and the earth from the sky.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -1 points 3 weeks ago

"Author" is probably the better term. The fact of the matter is, the evil on this earth isn't God's doing. It's man. Yes, God gave us free will, but that makes US accountable, not Him.

[-] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

God created everything means god created evil.

People creating evil means your all powerful god was powerless to stop evil or uncaring to stop evil which is evil in itself.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh He is powerful and He will stop evil.

He gave us free will. Darkness is the absence of light.

[-] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Does good create all life in your opinion?

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes. That life has free will and is accountable for it's actions.

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