God has killed every single person ever born, and everyone who ever is

[Vesayen]

This is under the assumption you believe in God(Im not sure if I am):


God created the universe and everything in it, so anything that happens as a result of the laws of physics(leave free will out of this)-which he made, which kills us, is his fault.

Our natural aging will kill anyone eventually, so since God set up the process, dosent that mean he is killing us all?

Dosent seem very nice......

[reds4ever]

...not me he hasn't, i'm going to be immortal...so far, so good! ;O)

[Ming]

Yawn

[Shi Huangdi]

Originally posted by Ming
Yawn

Indeed.


God gives the chance thwart death and have eternal life.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Would you prefer to live forever and drift into total senility?

Actually (paraphrasing here, so the anal theological types can refine what they will), the literalist doctrine is that physical mortality (i.e. this corporeal life, not the afterlife) developed as a result of sin (the fall of man) once ol' Eve got Adam to disobey God's directive.

The Catholic view is that Genesis creation is allegorical, which is irrelevant to the issue of attaining eternal life.

Really, you can't blame God too much, because for us to live forever, everything would have to be perfectly stable down to a subatomic level, and such a universe doesn't provide the necessary type of interactions for us to exist in the first place.

[Cruddy]

Yes, but He gave us life befpre deatj. It seems a pretty good deal to me.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
Really, you can't blame God too much, because for us to live forever, everything would have to be perfectly stable down to a subatomic level, and such a universe doesn't provide the necessary type of interactions for us to exist in the first place.

Spoken like a true Christian!

[MichaeltheGreat]

I'm not a Genesis literalist or a fundie in any other respect.

God created the universe (as defined in physical law), the rest was expressed in terms applicable to a ~12th century BC audience.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Cruddy
Yes, but He gave us life befpre deatj. It seems a pretty good deal to me.

But some people just have NO life.

[Chemical Ollie]

Everybody want to live forever but nobody want to get old.

[Giancarlo]

"Thank god I am atheist."

I think I am quoting somebody.. Anybody know who?

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
Would you prefer to live forever and drift into total senility?

Actually (paraphrasing here, so the anal theological types can refine what they will), the literalist doctrine is that physical mortality (i.e. this corporeal life, not the afterlife) developed as a result of sin (the fall of man) once ol' Eve got Adam to disobey God's directive.

The odd part is that God told Adam that, were he to eat the fruit, he'd die instantly. Then Adam does, he doesn't die instantly, and goes on to die at 930 years old.

That's some instant!

[The diplomat]

Originally, God did not create the universe with death. Death only began after Man sinned.

God gave Adam and Eve free will to choose between the tree of life or the tree of knowledge between good and evil.
Adam and Eve could have chosen to eat from the tree of life, and be immortal. Instead, they chose the tree of knowledge. They chose death!

Therefore death in the world is our doing not God's.

[Japher]

Mortality is suppose to be some kind of gift... blah.

God giveth and god taketh awayeth

[Vesayen]

Originally posted by The diplomat
Originally, God did not create the universe with death. Death only began after Man sinned.

God gave Adam and Eve free will to choose between the tree of life or the tree of knowledge between good and evil.
Adam and Eve could have chosen to eat from the tree of life, and be immortal. Instead, they chose the tree of knowledge. They chose death!

Therefore death in the world is our doing not God's.

How the hell am I responsible for some guy and girl eating an apple 5763(5762?) years ago?