| UltimateUnknown said:
As for the misery comment, it only seems unfair when you consider this world as the end and don't consider the afterlife. What you say is true, if god was indeed fair and merciful, why did he give us a life where we are able to eat food 3 times a day while there are people in the world who struggle to eat food even once a day? The answer to that is simple, in the afterlife every person will be judged accordingly to what kind of life that they were granted with and what kind of life that they chose to live. Someone who was incredibly rich and had a very easy life in this world will have a far harsher judgement as opposed to someone who lived their life in pain, misery and poverty. Such is to bring justice. And remember, the afterlife is eternal. In simple maths, infinity minus any number still gives you infinity, so the afterlife is far more important. Again, god knows best. I actually really appreciate the civilized discourse of this thread, normally these threads tend to become religion bashing threads all too soon, and I have commend the OP keeping the scope of the discussion within good bounds. |
Bolded: And before they were even born, God was aware of every single action that they'd made until the day they die. He could have interfered and changed history, but even then he would be aware of the consequences of that interference.
Underlined: Thanks, and yeah, I don't see a reason to bash anything. I believe that the world is determined, after all, and complaining won't change anything for the better.
Instead of dividing people between "good and evil" I have chosen the "fortunate and unfortunte"-scale. In other words: Instead of being angry with people that I think are wrong I feel sorry for them.
