Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
If something evil happens its down to the devil or humans

If something great happens it's God's work or God's will

However God is said to be omnipotent.....all powerful......and omnipresent......everywhere , all the time ?

So if he was all powerful he could easily stop nasty things

But he doesn't

So he either isn't as great and kind a bloke as Christians believe ....or he doesn't exist
Quote Originally Posted by truthpaste View Post
The most powerful thing we can experience is love, look how many songs, works of art and literature have been produced because of it, as the Beatles reminded us.....all you need is love.

Love must involve choice, otherwise it's invalidated. Would any of us want to learn that someone's affection for us had only existed because they were threatened to act that way towards us?

Therefore God must inform us of our position, and then allow us to choose. He must then allow the chips to fall where they may. He and we must live with the consequences, eternally
Love god or he sends you to hell. Nice one.