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I also will add. Why does man always make up god when he can't understand something? One question of logic. If god is perfect, knows everything that has or will ever happen. Why would you even need a test(Gospel)? If you say he does need it, then he is not perfect. Perfection comes with high expectations. This is a major flaw in the story among many. It does not make Logical sense. Religion is about feelings, not common sense. It feels better to have a answer. It's also about fear because with out the fear of hell most wouldn't believe. This is the tool of brainwash. There are 4,000 religions in the world, Non are right in my opinion. God far surpaces the stories of man, if he exists. The new testament was not put together until about 200 years after jesus. Before that it was a cult and succeeded because it didn't charge poor people. It was word of mouth and the time it was put together there was 1000's of stories. The rich that gave to the cause put it together and they became the bishops. It also only even seen the light of day because of Constantine. Go to your local field museum and learn about evolution. Evolution is a fact in the same way that our sun is the center of our solar system. People who deny are the same as the people who locked up Galileo Galilei. Intelligence is a issue in christianity and it's because it proves it wrong.
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I could post a long answer here but I am just going to talk about one aspect for now. As far as why would we need to be tested I believe that the reason for that is free will. I think that it is hard for us to grasp how massive of a gift free will is to us, and how powerful it is. The way I look at it is if God wants to have followers and creations that love him and give him thanks he could do this a couple of different ways. First would be to force his creations to worship him. Second would be to give them the gift of free will, and let them decide. I know that I would prefer that my friends choose to love me over forcing them too. I don't mean to say that this is what God's reason is, it is just a way of understanding it.
I am Catholic, and Catholic's do not deny evolution. We view it as a possible way of creation. Evolution can exist with Creationism, infact Creationism provides an answer to where evolution started.
While there are a lot of different christianity religions, the only one that has survived two thousand years is the Catholic church. Our imperfections have done so much to ruin it from the inside yet it still stands. That helps me believe that a higher power is keeping it going.
Anyway I will check on this thread every now and then and I love talking about this so please reply! :)
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