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[ready_to_fly]

OK, jeeeeeeez. how long does it take to get into your head young man! I appreciate your zeal for life and asking questions, but I don't think the answer" You can't understand the mind of God" is a cheap answer whatsoever. You CAN't! It's as simple as that! No human will ever comprehend the mind of God, so why question destiny and creation and

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[essius]

Correction, Kristen.

1 Corinthians 2:16: "But we have the mind of Christ."

[ready_to_fly]

we may do, but there are still are things we can't comprehend, such as to why he would create something if he already knew the outcome.

[essius]

You mean something bad?

[ready_to_fly]

or good

[essius]

Well, God is going to actualize the good because of his inherent goodness. But he permissively wills evil in the world (actualizes a world that has evil in it) in order to attain a more glorious good.

But perhaps I am losing you due to a lack of specificity on your part (or a lack of dullness on my part). Could you give me a concrete example so that I can understand?

[ready_to_fly]

maybe I want to be lost, and not have an answer.

The guy I was talking about questioned why would God allow the serpent to come into the world and tempt the human when he knew what it was going to do? Why did he do that if he wanted things to be another way?

To me, these are the questions that have been asked since the Word was first written, and have we yet to come up with a sufficient answer?

[essius]

I think there are sufficient answers to this question. I gave one here, for instance.

[ready_to_fly]

beautiful are you.

[essius]

Likewise. And in many ways, dear friend.