Originally Posted by RockyRaab
I cannot believe in a loving God who blesses us with (for example) a child and then kills that child with some agonizing cancer. Or inflicts more plague than harvest upon us. I can't believe in a God who does those things. Because if a God doesn't control everything, then he isn't an all-powerful god. And if he does control everything, then he's a vicious, capricious, vengeful, and cruel thing.

It's how ingrates get weeded out.

ETA: I know that pisses you off, but it's true. what else is true is that God gave you the free will to choose whether or not to bomb babies. We all are accountable for our decisions and we all end up having to do one of two things - be sorry for the wrongs we committed or scream and pout and say that it can't be true that we are responsible.
Yes, we are sorted by not only what we do, but our response to it.

Why would God bring someone into Heaven who doesn't want to spend an eternity worshiping Him?

Last edited by Tyrone; 08/06/20.
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