If God can do anything can he make a mistake?

If God can do anything can he make a mistake? Dec 3, 2020 8:00:01 GMT

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Post by Karl Aksel on Dec 3, 2020 8:00:01 GMT

Dec 3, 2020 7:09:55 GMT Admin said:

Dec 3, 2020 7:00:57 GMT Karl Aksel said:

It's been the sole purpose of fire and brimstone preaching all these centuries, so I guess. To fear God was a big part of religious observance up until about 30 years ago. Still is among the Catholics, but the notion of fearing God is avoided in most Protestant circles these days. But you don't need to go far back in order to smell the brimstone.

I meant, is it love?

Of course not. You can't force love. But through fear, you can force people into going through the motions of love, until it becomes second nature.

I don't think we're talking about the same kind of fear. The Bible seems to indicate it's much more than simply being afraid:

www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse235.html

Of particular note is this one: "by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil."

If the "fear of God" actually means being afraid of God, shouldn't they run the other way? Or is it because they fear hell more?

What do you mean, "run the other way"? Which way? If you fear God, it stands to reason that you believe in God. And if you believe in God, then you also believe there is no running away. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.

Of course I would be a controlling God. If things didn't go the way I wanted them to, I'd fix them. This is what people do: we fix what is in our power to fix, and we expect (even demand) others to do the same. If a leader had the means and opportunity to fix something, but did not bother to do it, we would not praise him for giving us freedom or for not being controlling. We would chastise him for not doing his job.

Why is it God's job to fix what you broke? Sounds to me like you'd raise a bunch of entitled pussies.

Why would you think I was saying God should fix what I broke? If God had fixed things, I wouldn't be breaking things in the first place. What needs fixing isn't the things that people break, it's the people themselves. And I am repeating myself at this point.