DaRev said:
Yeah, more religious discussions!
@ Jay and THE1
(1) Remember that God created a PERFECT world, for example, where there was no Sin or death, the lions didn't even bite the zebras.
(2) Remember that, according to the bible, it was MAN that chose to disobey God’s rule for living in the PERFECT world. The consequence of which was an IMPERFECT world – which I think the OP is complaining about living in, rather than the former PERFECT world.
(3) Remember that, it is because of God’s LOVE that he didn’t scrap this IMPERFECT world after MAN screwed up. Instead, God has given us a way to get back to the PERFECT world, but we first have recognize, or as the OP is stating, thank him for his LOVE for helping us out.
So what we are thanking God for, among other things, is for LOVING us even though we screwed up his PERFECT world (which he knew we would), and still giving us the opportunity to live in a PERFECT world after this one.
Committing suicide says to God that you don’t accept his gift of LOVE and a PERFECT world – but that is entirely one’s own choice to do so, God still will love you regardless of your choice.
|
I never really understood how the mistakes made by two human beings supposedly could mess with the fate of all future humans. I mean, what if only one of them would have decided to eat fruit from the tree? Let's say that Adam never accepted Eve's fruit, would that mean only all future women were banned from the Garden of Eden? It just doesn't make any sense.
Bottom line being that it would make more sense to let us all begin our lives in the Garden of Eden and choose whether we wanted to eat from the apple or not. No one should be punished for action committed by somebody else.
