I meant to put there cannot be good without evil,I believe in god and I believe that the devil is real.I don't want to go to hell when the End Times come.
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Why can't there be good without evil? Why can't there just be heaven? Surely an all-powerful being who created all existence would've been capable of making heaven and that's it- no hell, no earth, no suffering.
almost 10 years ago
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actually i think its that the devil was an angel of god who turned against him amd was defeated by the Archangel Michael in the war of heaven and he was cast to hell along the other fallen angels aka demons
almost 10 years ago
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ancient judaism believes that evil isnt something to counter good but is simply absence of good
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Yea, that's kinda what I'm saying. The devil was an angel of God, which God created because he created everything. And since he's omniscient, he knew the angel would turn on him. So why'd he make the angel in the first place? And the supposedly devil is what tempts people to do evil, so why'd God let the devil have a presence on Earth instead of only in hell?
almost 10 years ago
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ancient judaism suggests possibly satan or "Ha-satan" was tasked by God to tempt others to see if they would be worthy of heaven
almost 10 years ago
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"Ha-satan" translates to the prosecutor
almost 10 years ago
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Yea, that kinda makes sense
But why not only create nice people that you know are worthy, and put them in a heaven. Why make people at all? Are we just a higher being's entertainment? What is life?! XDD
almost 10 years ago
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wow... This is not what i signed up for!! I was just trying to impart knowledge. I suppose god isnt that all-powerful after all
almost 10 years ago
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or if he created us after his own image, he probably is capable of choosing evil and he wants to give that choice to us to give us free will
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to comsider i dont believe anything im saying, it sounds pretty impressive
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Hahaha sorry
After his own image? Then wouldn't they all be perfect? And why give people free will if it leads to nothing good? Fucking religion, man. It doesn't make sense. But it makes sense for it to not make sense to people because a god would be at a much higher level of thinking than us... Trippy stuff
almost 10 years ago
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i find it ridiculous when people find it more reasonable than evolution
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yeah, I was told that the devil used to be an angel
almost 10 years ago
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@Llew Yea, there's actual evidence for evolution and nothing but an unreliable book for creationism... But the idea of a god in general isn't too crazy
almost 10 years ago
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i suppose not its just the way they think god pointed a finger to create stuff
almost 10 years ago
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Yea... Well I guess an all-powerful god would be able to do that, but it doesn't match up with science too well
almost 10 years ago
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I'm atheist 😳
almost 10 years ago
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@Stillthatbritishpanda🐼 fair enough
almost 10 years ago
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@Llew,yes.The devil was an angel of God but the devil wanted to be as powerful as God.Maybe even more.So (as I've heard) God made the devil make himself evil so that he could be as powerful,a little less though.But the devil wanted to be more powerful than God.So yah.
almost 10 years ago
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some culutres dont believe satan is evil that he is acting in gods orders
almost 10 years ago
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*cultures
over 9 years ago
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There are cultures that think a being that brings despair is good? Da fuq? XD
over 9 years ago
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no as in god told satan to tempt people to see if they were worthy of heaven
over 9 years ago
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Oh. Yea, I've heard people say that before, but I don't get it. Why not just make people that you know are worthy of heaven and put 'em there? Then you don't have to worry about hell or earth, and then nobody suffers.
over 9 years ago
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Cause god is a dick basically
over 9 years ago
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haha yep. That's one question I've asked that no one has yet to answer in a religious, philosophical way... Which is kinda disappointing
over 9 years ago
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because there is no explanation
over 9 years ago
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Well that sucks. I don't wanna think that the only two possibilities are nothingness and pointlessness, or a dick God messin' with us like we're Sims
over 9 years ago
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you two should date
over 9 years ago
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except we live in different continents and know basically nothing about each other👍👍
over 9 years ago
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@Ethan You and HCK should date
over 9 years ago
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@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 good idea! I ask him out
over 9 years ago
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@Ethan Alright, cool. I better be the bridesmaid at the wedding since I set you guys up 😏
over 9 years ago
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so Uhhh.... Gods a dick 👍
over 9 years ago
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basically 👌👌
over 9 years ago
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Hi
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sup
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@maddy hello
over 9 years ago
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If there was all good, we wouldn't know that it was good and wouldn't appreciate it. We wouldn't have earned it by overcoming the evil.
over 9 years ago
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@Sarah true...but some people are just battered down by the evil and can't see the good :/ plus not everyone has an equal struggle, so life is just completely unfair because of this...
over 9 years ago
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@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 yeah. That's very true. I guess it all depends on people's beliefs and everything. I mean, we don't know if God created the Devil or if they're real. We just hopes what we're gonna believe I guess.
over 9 years ago
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oops. I mean we just believe what we're gonna believe.
over 9 years ago
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cause god is a dick
over 9 years ago
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@🎩Llew🎩 Exactly! There's literally no reason why he didn't just create some nice people and put them in heaven and have em all be happy. Instead he made a variety of people ranging from saints to assholes and murderers, plopped us on this planet and watched us run around like a sick game of Sims
over 9 years ago
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Which why it isnt logical to think there exists a kind higher being who you think actually gives a shit about us
over 9 years ago
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@🎩Llew🎩 Yep. Agreed.
over 9 years ago
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i really want some angry religious person to comment so i can have a proper debate with them 😡😡
over 9 years ago
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me too >:l
There hasn't been a good debate in /ages/
over 9 years ago
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i keep looking for questions on good topics but i comment but no one ever replies
over 9 years ago
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