Assassin,
You obviously believe that God
and you firmly do not believe in predestination. I certainly understand that position and that you actually do believe it to be true.
What’s interesting is that even though you have firmly stated a disbelief in predestination you actually used predestination as a reason in a comment to my question concerning amputees. You said
Obviously, according to you, this person losing his legs wasn’t a condition of anything other than a decision by God in regards to his ‘plan’. A belief in “God’s Plan” is used throughout multiple religious communities. Typically, it’s used in the same context as the one you used it in. Someone dies, or is injured, defeated, successful at something or perhaps they experienced some great injustice. Condolences are given to people saying “that was just God’s plan”. In other words, for example, it wasn’t your fault that your child died it was simply God’s plan. This is suppose to make the effected party feel better because “God’s Plan” means that it wasn’t their fault and that they had nothing to do with the catastrophic circumstances that occurred. Predestination is constantly being used in this regards yet these are the same people who vehemently profess that free will is the domain of mankind. Your statements are, obviously, directly in opposition to one another and you need to realize that using ‘convenient understanding’ rather than a real acknowledgement of truth is at work here. Convenient understanding is always an easier path to follow. After all, the truth can be a very frightening thing.
At this point, I would like to ask you to stop from time to time and examine what your particular religious institution is inciting you to believe. I’m not asking you to attack the institution, just to examine it and to not turn from, or be afraid of, facing the truths you may discover.
Finally, please, please read these quotes and think about them… Write them down and keep them in your wallet to reflect on from time to time. I truly hope they will help you throughout your life.
[INDENT]“People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true.”
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[INDENT]“It’s not hard to find the truth. What is hard is not to run away from it once you have found it.”
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[align=center]The choice is now yours Assassin:
[COLOR=‘RoyalBlue’]THE BLUE PILL
or
[COLOR=‘Red’]THE RED PILL?[/align]