God has a plan. An observation and a question.

"When you face challenges or difficulties, you can be encouraged that God understands what you are going through. He knows about your pressures and problems, and He also knows the purpose for your trials. "
https://www.josh.org/resources/spiritual-growth/attributes-of-god/?"

""God promises, “I know the plans I have for you… They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope”" (Jeremiah 29:11, New Living Translation).

So, evidently, according to this, the god-fellow doesn't care about the disaster of slaughtered children and the taking away of their future. What good does it do if the god-fellow understands what (the families) are going through and knows the purpose of their trials?

Oh yeah, I remember. It's god's will. Be happy. It will be better when you are ALL dead. Heaven awaits.
 

Em in Ohio said:
"When you face challenges or difficulties, you can be encouraged that God understands what you are going through. He knows about your pressures and problems, and He also knows the purpose for your trials. "
https://www.josh.org/resources/spiritual-growth/attributes-of-god/?"

""God promises, “I know the plans I have for you… They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope”" (Jeremiah 29:11, New Living Translation).

So, evidently, according to this, the god-fellow doesn't care about the disaster of slaughtered children and the taking away of their future. What good does it do if the god-fellow understands what (the families) are going through and knows the purpose of their trials?

Oh yeah, I remember. It's god's will. Be happy. It will be better when you are ALL dead. Heaven awaits.
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That's what I worry about. The heaven thing. Many are comforted by the fact that they believe there is this perfect magical place they will go to after they die where they will be reunited with dead loves ones. But it sounds like brainwashing to me. It's just not a comfort. :cry: And I still don't know God's plan. I wonder if God doesn't tell us His plan for us because he knows ahead of time we will not like it?
 
chic said:
That's what I worry about. The heaven thing
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No worries
We'll only be there for a thousand years.

Now, the new earth....

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chic said:
That's what I worry about. The heaven thing. Many are comforted by the fact that they believe there is this perfect magical place they will go to after they die where they will be reunited with dead loves ones. But it sounds like brainwashing to me. It's just not a comfort. :cry: And I still don't know God's plan. I wonder if God doesn't tell us His plan for us because he knows ahead of time we will not like it?
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That's a fascinating point. I'm sure the parents of the last 19 children gunned down wouldn't have had children (if given the choice) if they had known how terrifying their last moments would be and learn about their premature demise. /-;
 
God has a plan
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Seems to be a popular belief, can't really point to one particular person who first thought it.
A plan for Mankind? Use intelligence to adapt and survive?
A plan for you? We all have a role to play, we're like a pinball machine in the way we impact others, for better or sometimes not.
We grow from interaction with others, others grow from their experiences with us.
 
Em in Ohio said:
That's a fascinating point. I'm sure the parents of the last 19 children gunned down wouldn't have had children (if given the choice) if they had known how terrifying their last moments would be and learn about their premature demise. /-;
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I don't know if they would have or not. Some people are resilient. And one of the girls smeared her dead friend's blood on her body and played dead herself to survive. People are unpredictable. :unsure:
 
hollydolly said:
more to the point, I want to know how did they get the Polar bears from the Arctic, penguins from Antarctica and the koalas & Kangaroos from Australia to come to the Middle East? And after the flood was over a year later , how did those animals get back there?
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@hollydolly , that is because you haven't read the missing Hebrew manuscript. Scotty from the Star Ship Enterprise just happened to be on shore leave after Spock did one of those time travel things using a reverse gravity light-speed slingshot effect near the Sun to go back to the Noah event. Scotty beamed to the Ark's deck along with a Dr Who type telephone booth that was actually one, of Scotty's portable Transporters. So along with Noah, they just beamed around the planet, beaming back animals as they went, cracking crude animal jokes. Further, Spock set up one of those size reduction ray machines on the Ark's deck that automatically reduced the animal in cage dimensions down to one/one-thousands of true size so they would all fit.
 
hollydolly said:
more to the point, I want to know how did they get the Polar bears from the Arctic, penguins from Antarctica and the koalas & Kangaroos from Australia to come to the Middle East? And after the flood was over a year later , how did those animals get back there?
David777 said:
@hollydolly , that is because you haven't read the missing Hebrew manuscript. Scotty from the Star Ship Enterprise just happened to be on shore leave after Spock did one of those time travel things using a reverse gravity light-speed slingshot effect near the Sun to go back to the Noah event. Scotty beamed to the Ark's deck along with a Dr Who type telephone booth that was actually one, of Scotty's portable Transporters. So along with Noah, they just beamed around the planet, beaming back animals as they went, cracking crude animal jokes. Further, Spock set up one of those size reduction ray machines on the Ark's deck that automatically reduced the animal in cage dimensions down to one/one-thousands of true size so they would all fit.
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I thank whatever gods may be for a little humor in this thread, sarcastic though it may be.
 
Em in Ohio said:
hollydolly said:
more to the point, I want to know how did they get the Polar bears from the Arctic, penguins from Antarctica and the koalas & Kangaroos from Australia to come to the Middle East? And after the flood was over a year later , how did those animals get back there?

I thank whatever gods may be for a little humor in this thread, sarcastic though it may be.
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Are you dissing my thread?

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Packerjohn said:
Oh yes, God may have a plan but who are we to say what it is; unless, of course, we have conversations with him?
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This is true and more people should try talking to God when overwhelmed by questions that seem to have no answers.
 
chic said:
Are you dissing my thread?

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hollydolly said: "more to the point, I want to know how did they get the Polar bears from the Arctic, penguins from Antarctica and the koalas & Kangaroos from Australia to come to the Middle East? And after the flood was over a year later , how did those animals get back there?"

David777 said: @hollydolly , "that is because you haven't read the missing Hebrew manuscript. Scotty from the Star Ship Enterprise just happened to be on shore leave after Spock did one of those time travel things using a reverse gravity light-speed slingshot effect near the Sun to go back to the Noah event. Scotty beamed to the Ark's deck along with a Dr Who type telephone booth that was actually one, of Scotty's portable Transporters. So along with Noah, they just beamed around the planet, beaming back animals as they went, cracking crude animal jokes. Further, Spock set up one of those size reduction ray machines on the Ark's deck that automatically reduced the animal in cage dimensions down to one/one-thousands of true size so they would all fit."

Em said: "I thank whatever gods may be for a little humor in this thread, sarcastic though it may be."

Then Em said: Not dissing your thread, dear Chic! Wouldn't dream of it! FACEPALMING 2 DUH.jpg
 
Ever see the play or the movie, Inherit the Wind? It's a masterpiece from the mid-20th century, about the famous Scopes trial.

Clarence Darrow has William Jennings Bryan on the stand (a politician who is opposed to Darwin and his theory), and Darrow asks him if he really believes God drowned all the animals aside from the two that He saved from each species.

Bryan: Yes, He did.
Darrow: Even the fish?
 
I'm watching it now. I'm 15 minutes in. It's fun. That guy from Bewitched plays the teacher standing trial. It's a dated movie, but quite enjoyable so far. OK, I'm going back to the movie.
 
Gary O' said:
He knows the outcome
We don't
If we did, maybe we wouldn't be so quick to question
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If I understand you. Knowing the outcome of drowning all but Noah has to mean knowing that future killings & condemning his "son" to a horrible death were going to take place. Speaking for myself that doesn't say that God is compassionate or loving.

If anything the popular bible stories point to the kind of slaughter taking place now as being the way to deal with those that don't please you in some way.
 
Sunny said:
Ever see the play or the movie, Inherit the Wind? It's a masterpiece from the mid-20th century, about the famous Scopes trial.

Clarence Darrow has William Jennings Bryan on the stand (a politician who is opposed to Darwin and his theory), and Darrow asks him if he really believes God drowned all the animals aside from the two that He saved from each species.

Bryan: Yes, He did.
Darrow: Even the fish?
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Spencer Tracy was in that? Must watch again.
 
Knight said:
If I understand you. Knowing the outcome of drowning all but Noah has to mean knowing that future killings & condemning his "son" to a horrible death were going to take place. Speaking for myself that doesn't say that God is compassionate or loving.

If anything the popular bible stories point to the kind of slaughter taking place now as being the way to deal with those that don't please you in some way.
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Yup, I had trouble with Abraham sacrificing Isaac, the whole book of Job and the crucifixion. :cry:
 
Knight said:
If I understand you. Knowing the outcome of drowning all but Noah has to mean knowing that future killings & condemning his "son" to a horrible death were going to take place. Speaking for myself that doesn't say that God is compassionate or loving.
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His death is our salvation

He died our death
Of which is separation from The Father
Some of His last words;
“My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?”

Even though He knew the prophesies of his resurrection on the third day,
He died that 'horrible death' ours....total separation, forever

John 3:16,17
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

This love is beyond understanding
 

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