I have a question.
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Thread Topic: I have a question.
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So, I've been taught that God has our lives planned out even before we're even born.
My question is, if God, indeed has our lives planned out then does he plan the suicides of many people too, or does the Devil make his move when people aren't mentally capable of processing the thoughts that he puts in peoples mind, thus causing the suicide? -
Think about this, if the devil can influence a plan that God set in motion, then doesn't that make the devil stronger than God?
And also, how can free will coexist with divine preordination? -
Free will does not coexist with divine preordination.
This leaves four possibilities.
God planned evil to exist, and therefore is a dick.
The Devil causes it, but God is incapable or unwilling to stop it. Somehow an all-powerful being entered a weakened state (exactly how that is possible is unknown, for if he was all-powerful he could use his all-powerfulness to stop) and therefore needs humans to stop it themselves/God is lazy and therefore is a dick
God, or any similar being, has nothing to do with any of this/does not exist.
This is all beyond our comprehension as finite, black-or-white beings, and we have no ability to know whether such a thing is possible. -
Thanks for your help, I think I understand now.
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God created you and your brain(just for the sake of example. God doesn't directly create us anymore, sex and that stuff do it). Your brain and DNAs form your personality. Based on your personality, where and how you live, you go through various experiences called your life.
Now, one may find that in a certain point in his life, he is unhappy with his life to the point that he wants to end it. There. Suicide.
My whole point is that there's no such a thing as divine prediction and the devil. Everything we do in our lives, good or evil, is the result of many different situations one may experience during his life. We ourselves are the source of our actions, not the devil or whatever. -
Here's the thing: I acknowledge the possibility of something that cannot be explained purely by science, but the Judeo-Christian ideal of an all-powerful God is not it. It just isn't. If there is a divine plan, it is a terrible one. God is either non-existent, incompetent, or malevolent. My advice to you is to abandon organized religion, abandon the Christian idea of God, think for yourself and find spirituality on your own terms.
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