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Which question is more important according to you ?

rusra02

rusra02

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Premium Member
chinu said:
Well I would like to ask you in an another way :)

Q1: Why God created bible ?
Q2: Why God created world ?

Which question is more important to you from the above two ?
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They are both important questions. Without the Boble we could not answer the second question. If God did not create the world, we could not answer the first question. To me the most important question is: Who is the true God and what is his name?
 
chinu

chinu

chinu
rusra02 said:
They are both important questions. Without the Boble we could not answer the second question. If God did not create the world, we could not answer the first question. To me the most important question is: Who is the true God and what is his name?
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What for you want to know true God and his true name ? After all what is your motive behind knowing all this, rusra ?
 
FunctionalAtheist

FunctionalAtheist

Hammer of Reason
chinu said:
Q1: Why God created evil things in the world ?
or
Q2: Why God created the world ?

Which question is more important according to you ?
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Dear chinu, I will try to limit my answers to addressing your inquiry.

Q1: Evil is a part of the human equation. Without evil, there is no such thing as human. This is not because of some metaphysical connection. It is a human perception. Much like color has brights and darks, sound has highs and lows, touch has soft and harsh, morality has aspects which are favored or disdained by the human awareness. Without humanity there is no such thing as evil. We see a tiger hunting a deer and see no evil. We see a man taking bread he cannot pay for and discuss whether the evil is taking what society claims belong to another, or if the evil is the hunger that exists in the first place. Evil does not predicate humanity, humanity predicates evil.

Q2: Why the universe exists is a meaningless question. It is an illusion. Not reality, but the why. The question is why do you exist? Why do you exist in the configuration you exist? Why are you 'in relation' to all other aspects of reality in the way that you are? Again, this is not a metaphysical question. It is a question of finding meaning in your life, here and now. Not is some cosmological, supernatural, otherworldly existence. Why do you get up in the morning? Why do you relate the way you do?

Don't ask me how you can better the universe, or prepare for the afterlife. Tell me what you did TODAY to RELATE to the WORLD in which YOU FIND YOURSELF. In this way your truth is yours alone.

Which is the more important question? In which do you find meaning today?
 
YmirGF

YmirGF

Bodhisattva in Recovery
chinu said:
Q1: Why God created evil things in the world ?
or
Q2: Why God created the world ?

Which question is more important according to you ?
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Neither question is of the slightest importance to me as both presuppose causality.
 
jtartar

jtartar

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chinu said:
Q1: Why God created evil things in the world ?
or
Q2: Why God created the world ?

Which question is more important according to you ?
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Chinu,
When I first read your post, it reminded me of a term I noticed, in a dictionary, Philosophia Perennis, aka Perennial Philosophy, which is the base of all great thinker, Philosophers, who always go ti the same Ultimate Questions; Where do we come from?, Where do we go when we die? Why is there so much suffering.
Philosophers are in a Quandry, because they are trying to reason on things that are greater than man and because of Egocentric Perdicament, which means that all men are very, very limited in their knowledge, how can they philosophize on anything so profound?
The only satisfying answers to Ultimate Questions, can only be found in The Almighty's book, The Bible.
Concerning evil: God, whose Personal name is Jehovah, did not create anything evil. We have dictionary terms to explain this, it is Selfborn. If a person, or an angel is created perfect, because he is made able to do his own WILL, if he chooses to take a course different than his God commands, he is then a Selfborn sinner. Then evil is in existence, and can then spread.
Concerning the creation of the world; The Bible tells us that he created the earth to be inhabited, Isa 45:18.
The Bible tells us several times that God created the world FOR Jesus, 1Cor 8:6, Col 1:16. God is absolutely selfsufficient, He needs nothing. God had life so He decided that He would create a son, and then, like other fathers He created other things, with Jesus help, and allows His son to be His spokesman, His Word to all other created things, John 1:1,2, 14, Rev 19:13.
Just like other sons, Jesus has a special place in Jehovah's heart!!!
 
Call_of_the_Wild

Call_of_the_Wild

Well-Known Member
chinu said:
Q1: Why God created evil things in the world ?
or
Q2: Why God created the world ?

Which question is more important according to you ?
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My question is more towards "How could God have always existed"? That to me is the single most fasinating and thought provoking question in the world.
 
CynthiaCypher

CynthiaCypher

Well-Known Member
chinu said:
Q1: Why God created evil things in the world ?
or
Q2: Why God created the world ?

Which question is more important according to you ?
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All things that exist are in a sense a fallen state of God, so all things are in a sense evil. God didn't create, God fell.
 
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