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God and Country (Haiku) by dougsoderstrom

Prayers to Jesus, Flags a waving, Missiles launched from pews.

dougsoderstrom 18-Sep-02/12:00 PM
Dear Dark_angel:

That is a wonderful question indeed?----as Eve's partaking of "the fruit" could no doubt refer to the temptation to have sex with Adam. Good point, indeed! Of course, the more general question that you are referring to is that of the degree to which God is omnicient (that is to the degree that God knows everything----even perhaps if knew ahead of time what every human being who He created was going to do before he or she did it. Which then brings up the largest question of all-----The most important question for Christendom--------How could it be possible for an omnicient God of love to require every human being to make a conscious verbal assent to the fact that Jesus Christ is their own personal savior knowing full well that there would be many who would not have a reasonably good opportunity to "accept Him" realizing that every single one of these human beings would spend an eternity of agony in Hell-----Also given the fact that only 1/3 of all human beings on the earth today identify themselves as Christians and that perhaps only 1/3 of that 1/3 have actually accepted Jesus Christ as their own personal savior, then it would be reasonable to say that all conservative fundamentalists (e.g. Southern Baptists) must believe that approximately 90% of all human beings living on the earth today will end up spending all of eternity in Hell.

So, in conclusion, assuming that human beings had no choice to choose to become a human being, the question can be refrased this way: How could it be possible for an omnicient God of Love (a God of compassion and concern for the welfare of those of whom he has created) to create, without any choice on their own part to become a human being), human beings of whom at least 90% would end up spending an eternity in the agonies of Hell?

What do you think about that Dark_Angel?

Doug




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