Originally Posted by
stemelbow
I got some questions
Before creating (ex nihilo) anything God was all there was, correct?
Before God created (ex nihilo) He knew, had to know, that evil things would be practiced, correct?
God being all powerful and able to create anything in any form and with any behavior he wanted, chose to create creatures (like satan) that would do evil things. He certainly didn't have to create Satan, right?
Also before creating (ex nihilo) God knew all the evil acts that would be done, right?
If so, before any being was created, before any evil action could be done, evil ideas originated in the "mind" of God, right?
***uming all the above is in line with your beliefs lets move on...
God created beings and knew each and every action each being would do throughout eternity, right?
He knew, for instance, that little Russ would tell his mom a lie when he was little, right?
But God, being all-powerful, didn't have to create any beings who would do anything evil right?
Without creating there would be no evil practiced there would only be God, right?
A creature would not do evil things if God first did not create that being out of nothing knowing full well all actions that being would do, right?
God knew which beings would be saved eternally and which beings would be ****ed for eternity before creating any of them, right?
God did not have to create any beings who would be ****ed for eternity, right?
There would be absolutely no suffering, of the worst kind, if God did not create, right?
Let us go to this point and see what answers we get.
love,
stem