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Originally Posted by Light
Yes I would. Because God knows all and he knows if that individual he created will do what he should not do. So to create a being that God knows will cause him to send him to Hell is Sadistic. This makes God himself become what his followers preach against and that is the lowest form of existence/consciousness (sending people to Hell).
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So...let me understand this: You're saying that the sinner causes himself to be condemned, yet it's God who is sadistic because God knew this being would sin? This doesn't make any sense, since the sinner freely chose his life!
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On the other hand, God has a purpose to create that person he knew would do things worthy of Hell.[/b] And that is my point. Everyone has a purpose in life. And that purpose is to evolve into a reflection of God's nature which is the highest form of existence/consciousness. It is a seed within us all that eventually sprouts. But our paths to that level is not black and white. Not expected nor unexpected. It is mysterious. That's why you should not judge and always stay in your heart if you want to make progress on your path.
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You're right. Everyone has a God-given purpose for everyone in this life. Read the following VERY CAREFULLY:
Rom 9:19-25
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You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?" 20 On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, "Why did you make me like this," will it? 21
Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use, and another for common use? 22 What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? 23 And He did so in order that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.
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Don't you know that even the wrath of mankind will praise God (Ps 76:10)!?
And don't you know that even the condemned will confess with their mouths that Jesus Christ is Lord to the praise of God's glory (Phil 2:9-11)?
Why would you suppose that God thinks like mortal sinners? God's thoughts and ways are infinitely higher than ours, including his brand of justice (Isa 55:8-9)
The fact that you don't believe God, through Jesus Christ, will execute his righteous judgment upon sinners tells me that Christ isn't your savior, since you don't believe you have to be saved from anything, including God's righteous and holy indignation.
