How do we know God is "Good"?

Um... uh... didn't you say that god created man also?A) All things are things that god created.B) All things that god created are things that are good.C) Therefore, all things are things that are good.This is simple logic, for crying out loud.

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Hate world.Revenge soon!

This would suggest an adundance of life throughout the universe. It would even suggest that life can happen anywhere, regardless of atmosphere, elements, etc.Or do you feel this is exclusive to earth?Plus, I guess then you think God is responsible for bad. Why else would he create a universe where random bad things can happen.I understand that bad doesn't mean evil, because it is just happening randomly. But it isn't that random if God created it.Plus that doesn't explain innocent babies dying in Africa. Unless you are saying "God created the world, and he didn't give anyone the keys"
Here, here's the universe, your on your own, good luck and good games.It seems to me, you made your own way to explain the "bigger picture". a way that allows you to get along with the masses. Which is fine really. Alot of it makes sense. Your like a middle man type person. I am the same, even if my typings in here do not reflect it.

Personally, I believe we will find life to be pretty common. So far, everything we've been able to observe seems to follow the same set of rules, to behave in the same manner. I see no reason that life should behave diferently. Nope. So far I have seen nothing very special about the Earth. I've said before that IMHO you cannot have one without the other. You cannot have pleasure without pain, gain without loss, good without bad. We'l,let's look at that. I don't want to get into another long disertation so let me ask you a question.Why are innocent babies dying in Africa? It may seem that way to you but that is not how I see it. People ask about my beliefs FWTW, and so I post them.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Well thats not a good comparison, heres the reason why. No, but he leaves the decsion entirely up to us. The person who drove the car, had no knowledge before hand that it was designed bad, so he had no choice.So the designer builds a bad car, is the car bad, or is the manufacture? It's different than God's plan for us, because that car will do harm as soon as you drive it. You on the other hand can make a choice.I believe God has cleary put in our hearts what is good and bad, so we have no exuse for not being good.You might say some people are raised not knowing good from bad, but this a fault of the parents or their up-bringing. That is partly why sin is inherent. Its a vicious cycle that is hard to break. But when you come to know God, you can break that cycle. Others like yourself have decided that many things are no good, so you go away from them, and then do for the good. This is deception, to keep you from your creator. You would only gain from knowing him.

Its not that simple.Last time I saw someone wearing a mask like that, he was in the back of a short bus, hitting the kid next to him.Question, is free will a thing?

Woah, wait a minute. That has absolutely nothing to do with it. "Leaving the decision up to us" means dereliction of responsibility.Dereliction of responsibility doesn't eliminate culpability; if anything, it magnifies it.I know that you believe that "God leaves the decision up to us." What I'm telling you is, under basic legal principles, that leaves him open to culpability for our actions. The designer is, of course. He's responsible for what the car does, in this instance. He's not responsible for everything that the car does, of course. If you drive over your grandma in it, he's not responsible, because he could not reasonably forsee where you were going to drive the car, or how you were going to drive.But if you park the car in your garage, and as a result of that situation, the car explodes and kills your entire family, he is responsible, because he could have reasonably been expected to forsee that people park cars in garages.Well, God's a little different. He can forsee everything. That makes him culpable for everything. The legal principles here are very simple, and inescapable.

I cannot answer a question like that, because I will never know all the variables that went into Africa becoming a Nation that has all these problems in such abundance.I once said that Africa has all it needs to be happy. That means they have the resources to feed themselves. Diamonds for example. The way the diamond business is run there is nothing short of a mafia type operations that only feeds the greedy and sinful. Another example, all Musslems in Africa probably do know about Christ, or at some point in there long history have choosen not to follow his ways of loving one another. This can lead to the situation that they have there now. If they all loved eached other, the way Christ wants us to, then the suffering can stop.Again I tell you , I can't possibly know why it is the way it is, I can guess, but thats not helping them is it? I can explain to you, how I got to be where I'm at, but even that, I guess I could only go back so far.But its like you said, there is no good without bad. Maybe we need to know the difference as sort of a training for what lies beyond this life? We are constantly being tested, and it is fustrating for sure.

Yes but God doesn't do that to us. So what your saying is, if I believe in God, then I foolish in thinking I have free will?I know a guy like this. He believes in God, and knows the bible inside and out. It saved him from the way he was. But he is now trapped in believing that he has no free will, because he knows God knows everything even before it happens. He doesn't understand God's timeline. Nor do I, but I know that if God gave us free will, then we have the gift of free will. Then it is our responsibility.If someone gives you a puppy dog, and you don't take care of it, whos fault is it if it dies? God's?

What the hell does that have to do with anything?

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

What, God doesn't explode in our garages?That's your response? "God doesn't do it to us?" That's not what we're talking about. We're talking about all the bad things God created us to do to each other - all the things he's responsible for. That's a related but tangential argument, but yes. If you believe in both free will and predestination, then you don't understand what "free will" and "predestination" mean. They're mutually exclusive terms. If I place two children in a room with a loaded gun, and one of them shoots the other, who's responsible? The child, or me, who had the forsight to predict the shooting and the opportunity to intervene, but did not?Aren't we all God's children?

Question, is an earthquake a thing or is it once again manmade?

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Hate world.Revenge soon!

That is an incorrect statement. I believe God intended us to be nice to each other. Isn't that how you feel inside, that we should be nice to each other? Yes, I understand your point, but God old us not to shoot each other, even though he gaves us the chance to.It's like Jar said, there is no good without bad. They must co-exist, in order to exist at all. Otherwise we are just paintings on a wall.

How about projected images on a screen? The story unfolds but the screen is not burnt when the movie is showing a fire, nor does it get wet if it shows a flood.lfen

An earthquake is a thing.I know where you are going with this. Disasters of any sort are the most difficult to undestand. But remember, many things come from a disaster. Hero's are made, thieves, peoples generosity can shine, and a grave reminder of just how fragile life is.Yes disasters can happen for several reason, and we will never be able to see the bigger picture.But I do not understand why you would mention earthquakes after I mention free will. They have not to much to do with each other in this conversation.

Ifen, you are a very deep person. Your thoughts are beautiful, and your knowledge awesome. Your collection of knowledge can be both advantageous to you, or detrimental to you.Do you believe in God?Our minds are also a screen. An awesome screen that God gave us to project images on when we read stories in a book. Unlike the screen, we get to retain the images, and apply the story to our lives. Any story that is not from God, or cannot in some fashion be applied to the glory of God, can be detrimental to us. All we have to do is ask.