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  1. Axe Elf

    Were biblical humans less violent than modern humans?

    I don't have to google basic concepts like God hating. Then I shouldn't have to educate you as to how I know that God hates. What else would I be full of? Stop accusing me of stuff and I'll stop defending myself.
  2. Axe Elf

    Were biblical humans less violent than modern humans?

    Of course they are not a "thing." Prophets are persons with the spiritual gift of prophecy. I was educating you on the uniformity of selfish human nature throughout history, which is what you asked about. If you're not learning anything from it, that's on you, not me.
  3. Axe Elf

    Questions...

    "Acting" requires the passage of time. God is not constrained by the flow of time, therefore, He cannot "act" in the sense that those of us who ARE constrained by the flow of time think of acting. He only exists, the same now as He was in the beginning, as He will be in the end. Humans are...
  4. Axe Elf

    Were biblical humans less violent than modern humans?

    The Bible tells us that God hates, so anyone who believes the Bible knows that God hates. "And I hated Esau..." --Malachi 1:3 "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated" --Romans 9:13 "These six things the Lord hates..." --Proverbs 6:16 Prophets can help people sort out the difficult...
  5. Axe Elf

    Questions...

    There WAS no universe before God created it, so there could be no best of all possible universes until one was created. When an omnibenevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent God creates a universe, He is logically bound to create the best of all possible universes. Once the universe has been...
  6. Axe Elf

    Were biblical humans less violent than modern humans?

    Human nature is selfishness; God's nature is love. Hate is not the opposite of love (even God hates); selfishness is. Therefore, human nature is the cause of (not a product of) human sin (separation from God). "For the love of money is the root of all evil." --1 Timothy 6:10
  7. Axe Elf

    Were biblical humans less violent than modern humans?

    I wasn't asking for your opinion, I was answering your request for information. It doesn't matter what the challenges are; our selfish human nature is still the "original sin" that separates us from God and His commands to love Him and love each other. Did it? Or did the victims change from...
  8. Axe Elf

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    If an omnibenevolent, omniscient, omnipotent creator exists, then whatever the universe is, has been, and will be, is the best of all possible universes. Since Hitler was a part of the best of all possible universes, then his existence was obviously necessary to the best of all possible universes.
  9. Axe Elf

    Questions...

    As I just explained, God's Godhood is dependent upon Him being omnibenevolent, omniscient, and omnipresent. If He allowed a universe that was not the best of all possible universes to exist, He would necessarily lose at least one of those defining characteristics, and as such, He would cease to...
  10. Axe Elf

    Questions...

    Yeah, unfortunately, nonsense is not against the rules here. If it was, the forums would go out of business.
  11. Axe Elf

    Were biblical humans less violent than modern humans?

    People are pretty much still the same selfish, self-centered people now that they were then--and selfish people do things that hurt other people. Crime statistics don't mean much in terms of determining if people are more or less violent, because they could reflect all kinds of counfounding...
  12. Axe Elf

    Questions...

    You had to ask...
  13. Axe Elf

    Questions...

    He can't do it because it would be against His nature as an omnibenevolent, omniscient, omnipotent God. You see, an omnibenevolent God would WANT to create the best of all possible universes. An omniscient God would know HOW to create the best of all possible universes. An omnipotent God...
  14. Axe Elf

    Questions...

    Doubtful. Despite the "Name It and Claim It" crowd, God isn't really anyone's personal magic genie. Remember that the Lord's Prayer says, "THY will be done," not, "MY will be done." Besides, if God made it so that you never existed, I'd be here talking to myself like an idiot, and I don't do...
  15. Axe Elf

    Questions...

    Well, God's all about making people happy.
  16. Axe Elf

    Questions...

    Only you can answer that question. Do you feel that would bring you closer to God, or would that separate you from God? "All things are legitimate [permissible—and we are free to do anything we please], but not all things are helpful (expedient, profitable, and wholesome). All things are...
  17. Axe Elf

    Questions...

    A sin is only that which separates you from God. If it brings you closer to God to talk to Him about your issues, then it's not a sin.
  18. Axe Elf

    Help Ymir choose a pet!

    Yeah, like I said before, beagles are a pain... But there's no such thing as a "miniature collie"; you're thinking of the Shetland Sheepdog--the "Sheltie" that I mentioned earlier.
  19. Axe Elf

    Luck

    "But who are you, a mere man, to criticize and contradict and answer back to God? Will what is formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus?" --Romans 9:20 (Amplified Bible)
  20. Axe Elf

    Questions...

    Clearly because a loving God wouldn't allow anyone to make their own choices.
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