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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haven't read the whole thread but I can easily see how someone can believe in God despite an imperfect world.  You just assume that God is not all-benevolent.  Humans have existed for millennia with God and Gods that are vindictive, flawed, have weaknesses, and have cruel and immoral tendencies.  [b]It's really not that difficult of a concert since we tend to anthropomorphize dieties and so many of these characteristics are familiarly human[/b].[/quote]

Not the Abrahamic God. There is nothing pagan, human-like (even His anger and His love are not human-like), and familiar about Him. That is why the Abrahamic faiths are markedly different than other religions.[/quote]

Ummm...he looks just like a human and he is quite human and flawed in the Old Testament.  He is absolutely anthropomorphized.  Good grief.[/quote]

No He is not. He is completely different than pagan deities that you are thinking of. Abrahamic God was/is the only god that was/is monotheistic and omnipotent among all other deities of that region or any other region for that matter.[/quote]

I grew up in an Abrahamic religion (Islam). As long as there is a distinct character of the devil/satan/shaytan, then that monotheistic God is not omnipotent, or singular. Satan is an arm of God's personality and presence---or Satan is a competing deity. [/quote]

In Christianity, Satan is not equal to God. God defeated Satan through Jesus's sacrifice on the cross. That was a total and irrevocable defeat of Satan. Christianity is based on prophecies and the Book of Revelation tells us that Satan will play the role but will be dealt the final blow before the Judgment Seat of Christ. In Christianity, Satan is absolutely not equal to God. But God will not interfere into Satan's doings at the moment. It is up to human being to reject Satan. That's what makes or break a believer. But let's be clear that in Christianity God is absolutely omnipotent and Satan is not His equal.[/quote]

Unless God is not omniscient, this was all part of God's plan - including knowing all of Satan's doings, before Satan even "fell." Thus, Satan is an arm of God's deliberate being.[/quote]

Satan is not His arm. That is a blasphemous notion in Christianity.[/quote]

Of course - that's the point - it's illogical. It's blasphemous in Islam too. But it's impossible for God to be all-knowing, otherwise. Or all powerful. God cannot be the God of everything, if he isn't also the God of evil and hate, or pain and guided suffering.[/quote]

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