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Originally Posted by DaveMatrix
This isnt the first board I've posted on, or the first time I've had this debate. Some debates are healthy and others are pointless, I would have to put this one in the pointless category....May God Bless You Every Single Day, Amen.
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To me, that sounds rather similar to:
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"I have faith, I believe this in my heart and nothing you can say or do can shake my faith." That's just a long-winded religious way to say, "shut up," or another two words that the FCC likes less.
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Anyway, my problem with people saying "God lets people suffer for the greater good" or "God lets people suffer to test them", is that by definition, he is all powerful. If he wanted, he could make it so no one suffered for the greater good. He could put all the people he knows are going to be good (all knowing) straight in heaven, and all the others into hell. No need for any good people to suffer, no need for the bad ones to enjoy themselves at all.
Doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.
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