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An 'evil god' couldn't very well provide an afterlife characterized by eternal joy, so that entire function of religion wouldn't work for anyone who assessed their god in that way. I can't imagine believing in life after brain death, let alone eternal life, but for those to whom this is a precious belief, it requires a Heavenly Father who is described in I John as, simply, love. He's got all your dead relatives up there too, maybe sitting at a golden picnic table. Can you take your pets? Sure, why not. God, the ultimate invisible BFF.
 
DBT said:
Does the bible paint a picture of a good God, claimed to be a God of Love? What about the version of God as 'revealed' by Mohammad?
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The Bible explicitly claims (by revelation at that) that God is just, merciful, and compassionate. God is perfect, God loves us (John 3;16 For God so loved the world...). And God is defined as perfect. And there are numerous verses of the Bible that tell us what is meant by merciful, just, compassionate and merciful. Which means theists cannot go on to claim that mercy or compassion means something different with God than these words mean when applied to mankind. See Isaiah 1 for examples of what is meant by merciful and good.

As for the Quran, we have Qadr, Allah's predestination. God leads who he will and leads astray who he will lead astray. I found 28 examples in the Quran that claim we are what we are due to Allah.

Nor is that to be found only in the Quran.

See also: Ezekiel 11:18-20, Ezekiel 36:25-7, Jeremiah 24:7, Jeremiah 32:38-41,
Hebrews 8:10-12, Hebrews 10:15-17

Ezekiel 11
18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the
detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within
you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give
them an heart of flesh:
20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and
do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

And with the "Great Commission" of Mark 16 and Matthew 28, God could do this for Christians.

So much for the free will arguments that Christians offer up to explain moral evil and great horrendous suffering that follows moral evil.

Romans 11. Why did the Jews not accept jesus as the messiah? God hardened their hearts not to do so. Why not harden their hearts to believe? Why not all mankind?
 
DBT said:
If God loves to play with human lives on Earth, why would it be any different in heaven?
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Entertaining the idea you describe above:

In simple terms.It's different because humans filter out by themselves where they want to be later on. Those that like the idea of heaven and want to be there, and those that hate the idea that naughty selfish, all-about-me things don't exist there, so to speak...
...cos in heaven, the only humans that will be there, are the ones that wouldn't need God to "play with their lives"(as you put it). They would be doing quite fine by themselves not needing to be told what to do.
 
Learner said:
DBT said:
If God loves to play with human lives on Earth, why would it be any different in heaven?
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Entertaining the idea you describe above:

In simple terms.It's different because humans filter out by themselves where they want to be later on. Those that like the idea of heaven and want to be there, and those that hate the idea that naughty selfish, all-about-me things don't exist there, so to speak...
...cos in heaven, the only humans that will be there, are the ones that wouldn't need God to "play with their lives"(as you put it). They would be doing quite fine by themselves not needing to be told what to do.
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Yet in Christian theology we are told that there was a revolt in Heaven where Satan and a third of the host of heaven rebelled against God, which implies that there was dissatisfaction with God and His Kingdom.
 
'It is better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven'?


Ir is like debating cartoons as if they were real characters.

Greek ad Roman gods are more sophisticated than the simplistic bible god. They are defined as to characteristics.
 
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