Was Earth Created By God To CLEANSE The Universe Of Evil?

[qs]Could the answer to the topic question lie in that God was preparing a trap and a [i]battleground[/] for the ultimate demise of the enemy of the universe by creation of planet earth? According to the scriptures this tiny speck in the universe called earth will be where Satan and all his angels will be cast, where he will be ultimately chained and cast into a bottomless pit prison for a thousand years, and where he will eventually be weakened to the point that a strong angel will bind him and cast him into Gehenna, the eternal lake of fire.[/qs]It's a nice fantasy story, but the idea compounds some of the problems that the christian god has always had.Why does God need to set traps? Why does he need to wait for the devil to be weaken? Is your faith in god not very strong? don't you think he could destroy Satan now?More importantly, if it's a trap, how have you figured it out? To realise that it's a trap you must be as clever as God. Think about this, if that's true, you've just alerted Satan and his angels to the trap. You have just damned everyone on the planet.If you say "ahah! God is all-powerful and can overcome" well, what do we need the trap for......This message has been edited by Charles Knight, 08-08-2004 06:44 AM

So God has an ego problem, that explanation also negates the thrust of your proposal in this thread.

well look at my original reply to you - the thrust is the same.