Horus wrote:
thechadmaster wrote:
God made a rule that he would not interfere with free will, man chooses to sin. Im sure God does not approve of hilters actions, but the earth is satans domain. satan loves to cause trouble up here, and that will continue until judgement day.
Explain to me how "free will" is possible if god is OMNISCIENT ("ALL KNOWING".)
If god is truly omniscient, he would've known EXACTLY what Hitler was going to do an eternity prior to creating him. After all, an omniscient god would know everything about the past, present, future and everything else.
But he created him anyway didn't he?
Chad just explained that, but bear in mind that this isn't the proper thread for this kind of discussion. If we get into a "who's religion is best" debate, we will be here forever.
But I'll try to elaborate from a religious perspective for those that are curious. However, don't expect it to make any sense if you don't believe in God in the first place.
So yes, God knew about hitler when he first created Adam in the Garden of Eden. But Hitler was not created. He had a mother and a father and the rest was biology. There have been many "hitlers" throughout history and there will be more to come. God generally does not interfere with these things.
A lot of people have a serious misconception about God. They perceive him as being an old guy in a white robe that goes around helping people who are good and punishing people who are bad - kind of like Santa Claus with a different wardrobe.
The biggest misconception about God is that he is fair. He isn't fair and this is very clear to people who study the Bible. And he never promised to be fair either. If he was fair, none of us would have AS and robbers would drop dead the second they robbed someone.
In the Christian religion, as strange as this sounds, there are murderers that will go to heaven and peaceful, law abiding people who always volunteer and help the poor that will go to hell. You can't get any more unfair than that, but its true.
So why would a peaceful, law abiding do-gooder go to hell? We all carry Adam's sin by being his descendant. Thus, we are guilty of sin before we are even born.
So how can a murderer go to heaven? Christ came to Earth and essentially gave everyone a "Get out of hell free" card. The catch is that you have to ask for it. So if a murderer asks for this, he will get it, and go to heaven while the do-gooder who didn't ask for it, goes to hell for a sin committed by his ancestor.
So again, if you try to understand Christianity by applying normal rules of fairness, you will only succeed at confusing yourself.