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Other than the obvious answer for ***** and giggles. The other answer is that he doesn't, and you need to stop being obsessed about a God which possibly doesn't even exist.
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For the sake of it.
That isn't a possibility as my OP attests.
Oh, in the case that you actually do believe that you are chased by a God with a magnifying glass, then I have a reasonable solution for you: Turn to Gnosticism.
What makes you think God is that way?
Well, I think the reason He does is because He made you in a world with other people, and since He cares about everyone, not just you, He has to provide us with guidelines so we don't hurt each other. Every one of our actions, no matter how "harmless" they may seem to us, has repercussions on other people, and God sees in advance how our actions will affect other people (and ourselves), so He's too good and loving simply to leave us alone. He wants the best for us.
Well, as far as your living a life of misery now, that's really entirely up to you. This may sound hard to believe, but no pain in this world can truly defeat us if we have a close relationship with God. I speak from experience, by the way, because I have been through some pretty excruciating stuff in my life. It's all about our attitude. No pain is wasted if it draws us to God, and He definitely heals and comforts all who come to Him.
Your life has a purpose and that purpose is to live in paradise after your life? Yeah well my life has purpose as well and hoping for eternity with your god isn't it.
God sees in advance what will happen. So he is really just playing with us, because no matter what we decide god already knew we would decide that and in god's knowledge each and everyone of us is either in heaven or hell, even those billions of yet unborn.
Actually I don't live my life in misery, but millions do. Have you ever told a mother in Africa with starving children how wonderful her life is? No pain is to hard to bear, especially watching your precious children suffer and die and you can't help. Yep god is good.
So here we are again, this purpose of your wonderful god given life is to die and actually get a wonderful god given extra life. Thanks for that.:bow:
OK! These trials dealt to us by an omniscient god, who knew the outcome of said trial before he created anything, are dealt to us for what reason? Before even creation god says I'm gonna give Hope a hard time and this is precisely how she will respond in a couple of billion years. Then when the time comes he gives Hope grief and lo and behold he was right, who woulda thunk it.I'm glad to hear you're not miserable. That was simply the impression I got from your pessimistic post.
I am well aware millions of people live horrific lives...I've seen such suffering firsthand and interacted with people who live in unimaginable squalor and poverty. But you know what impressed me about many of these people? Despite their hardships, they were some of the kindest, most humble, and most generous people I've ever met. Their lives are definitely not wonderful---"wonderful" is your term, not mine---but they see the world in a way I envy. I've read plenty of stories of mothers, and fathers, in countries around the world, who have endured hunger, loss of children, loss of spouse, torture, etc., and yet have found strength and comfort in God through it all. Instead of becoming bitter and wallowing in their misery, they have turned to God instead, allowing Him to create His character in them.
Again, it's all in how we respond to the trials dealt to us. You can choose to moan about the pointlessness of everything, or you can choose to make the most of the life given to you, and perhaps leave a legacy by impacting the life of someone else. Maybe by helping that woman in Africa whose children are starving?
Surely you didn't miss the point by that far? The question isn't whether I want to pray but rather why would the creator have such a fragile sense of self that he requires the prayers?
