Wednesday, February 15, 2006

In the Bible

In Genesis, it is asked: “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” (18:14); and Jesus, more than once, said that “all things are possible with God.” (Mark 10:27).
I ask: is it possible for God to make Filipinos love fellow-Filipinos and to love the Philippines too?
What is so precious about God’s gift of Free Will if the Good Will were more socially beneficial, and indeed, more harmoniously functional? Poch Suzara

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If God will take away His gift of Free Will, you will not be an atheist, you will not have the freedom to rebuke God, you will do and will be forced to believe ALL that is written in the Scriptures, nor have the option of how you will live your life, if you still want to call it a Life.

John Paraiso said...

Dear sheryl,

Atheism is not about freewill, it's about using your power to reason. something this god of yours have taken away from you. Beside if you read your Bible carefully, you will notice that there is no freewill. Just think: If God made man with freewill, why can't Adam choose his own mate nor did Eve have her way not to choose Adam?

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.30And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified"
Romans 8:28-30 [NIV]

"20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?'"[Isaiah 29:16, 45:9] 21Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?"
Romans 9:20-21 [NIV]

Ta-ta!