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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Why are people so cruel to each other?[/b] [/quote]

Because whoever or whatever created us did a really botched job of it.

That's why I can't believe in "intelligent design."  No intelligent designer would have created humans with such obvious defects. [/quote]

[b]If you read the creation account you would understand why we are born with “defects”, i.e. a sin nature[/b]. [/quote]

Because Eve took a bite out of an apple when God told her not to?  That's a "sin?"  So because of that one of her sons, Cain, murdered his brother Abel, in a fit of jealousy.  That's the "sin nature" God created within us because Eve exercised the free will God gave her?  So you can read the creation account and still not understand it. [/quote]

These threads are amazing.  Yes, if God tells you specifically not to do something, and you do it, that is a sin.  What do you think a sin should be?

Do you know the origin of the word sin?  It is from the greek for "missing the mark."  The "mark" is essentially doing what Jesus would do.  So "sin" is not necessarily doing something really evil, but just doing something that would lead you farther from God.  Watching the Kardashians tv show is probably sin.  Having sex outside of marriage is sin.  And so on and so forth.[/quote]

I understand the theology but as the thread title asks what do you struggle with, this is one right off the bat. God gives free will then says not to exercise it, makes no sense. [/quote]

Do you have kids?  I don't want my kids to be robots, but I want them to listen when I give them direction.  I love watching them grow and develop and figure things out.  But if I say "don't eat that apple, there are consequences," they best not eat that apple.  It's not a complicated concept.[/quote]

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