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Can God Do Whatever He Likes? by justlove91(m): 1:05pm On Feb 28, 2015
Who among the theist haven't had this question before in their mind? Virtually none, but must people are too eager to conclude that God can do whatever he so wished after all he is omnipotent. Apart from that since He didn't have anybody to account to then he can. But just a little thought in the right direction should point out the fallacy of this presumption.
People who believed this kind of assumption are only showing there great wish that if they could posses great power and without having to account for it's use then they will do whatever they like, let those people be God for just a moment and they will show how degraded they can be infact, how they truely are (their true self) by the misuse of the power.
It is important to know that God is perfect and perfection those not give room for change. It is either something is perfect or not, there is nothing like less than perfect. Now, God has principles by which He acts, these principles are also called the will of God. We all agreed that God is eternal which means that these principles have being since eternity and since God is perfect, we can say that these principles (will) are perfect and as I've said earlier perfection needs not to change because there is nothing like more perfect.
Now the belief that God can do whatever He likes means that He those not have principle and thus not organised and arbitrary. But whatever is arbitrary can never be said to be perfect because it lacks consistency.
So what these people thought they use to glorify their God is actually belittling Him because they tagged Him with imperfection and what could be more ignoble. These are the very people that will quickly say how God is the same before, now and forever and still can't see how this contradicts the belief that God can do whatever He likes because for something to be thesame before, today and forever then it has to be consistent.
They are too blind to see how great and magnificent is the fact that God cannot do whatever He likes but acts according to His will which He cannot even change because they are perfect and perfection needs no improvement. With this fact imbued deep within us, we can be rest assured that we're not subjected to uncertainty here and that if we do His will then it can only bring up happiness and joy.
Therefore, you need not be in fear of what God will do to you if you act according to His will because we're not at the mercy of His whim. So, love your neighbour as yourself and keep the hearth of your thought pure and you should be rest assured that only peace and happiness will these result into because we're living in the world of order thus action and reaction are always thesame so is cause and effect.
Re: Can God Do Whatever He Likes? by cold(m): 1:50pm On Feb 28, 2015
justlove91:
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They are too blind to see how great and magnificent is the fact that God cannot do whatever He likes but acts according to His will which He cannot even change.
Eh,what did you just type? Cannot do whatever he likes but acts according to his will. Pray tell,what's the difference between Six of one & half a dozen of the other? You just shot yourself in the foot.
Re: Can God Do Whatever He Likes? by Orunto: 1:59pm On Feb 28, 2015
God made us for Himself to serve His Pleasures. It is like you have a Wardrobe full of your clothes that you can use@your pleasure. God classifies His works, including His ways He uses human into Righteousness and "Wrongteousness"(Selfishness). On Righteousness, Christ is the CEO and on Wrongteousness, satan is the CEO. So for humans who are on the Rightside and wishing not to serve God from the wrongside, PRAYER IS THE KEY 'COS THOSE ON THE WRONGSIDE LIKE ATHIESTS AND WICKED PEOPLE DON'T PRAY AT ALL. GOODLUCK PRAYS, WE ARE ALL WITNESSES AND GOD IS ALREADY ANSWERING HIM.
Re: Can God Do Whatever He Likes? by justlove91(m): 2:53pm On Feb 28, 2015
cold:

Eh,what did you just type? Cannot do whatever he likes but acts according to his will. Pray tell,what's the difference between Six of one & half a dozen of the other? You just shot yourself in the foot.
This only looks contradictory because you don't pay attention or misinterpreted what I wrote.
The problem (is that really a problem) about being a God is that you can't change your will ie you can't have one will today and change to another tomorrow, because God is perfect every will that issued from Him is always perfect and don't need any change whatsoever, if He change it that means it's not perfect in the first place.
In my write up earlier I said we all agree God is eternal which necessary follows that His will as been forever and encompasses all that will forever take place. it means His will are forever thesame can never be change.
Now, the belief that God can do whatever he likes has a presupposition that He can change His will anytime He wants.
I think the misconception came about because you imagine God as human do that change and have new will almost everyday, but God way is not like that, He those not develop will as we do because not only is He Omnipotent but also Omniscience which means His will encompass all from the very beginning.
I hope am clear now.
Re: Can God Do Whatever He Likes? by justlove91(m): 2:56pm On Feb 28, 2015
Orunto:
God made us for Himself to serve His Pleasures. It is like you have a Wardrobe full of your clothes that you can use@your pleasure. God classifies His works, including His ways He uses human into Righteousness and "Wrongteousness"(Selfishness). On Righteousness, Christ is the CEO and on Wrongteousness, satan is the CEO. So for humans who are on the Rightside and wishing not to serve God from the wrongside, PRAYER IS THE KEY 'COS THOSE ON THE WRONGSIDE LIKE ATHIESTS AND WICKED PEOPLE DON'T PRAY AT ALL. GOODLUCK PRAYS, WE ARE ALL WITNESSES AND GOD IS ALREADY ANSWERING HIM.
I disagree that God made us for His pleasure, and if I may ask what pleasure is He getting from us?
Re: Can God Do Whatever He Likes? by Nobody: 3:08pm On Feb 28, 2015
Whatever God does is right because he declares things that are right! He is the King of righteousness...errors and inquiries have no place in his presence; so, yes! God is always right and can do whatever he/she/it wants to...because everything that comes from GOD is righteous! From His promises to his judgements, he is righteous!

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain: I am Jehovah, speaking righteousness, declaring things which are right.
Re: Can God Do Whatever He Likes? by cold(m): 3:09pm On Feb 28, 2015
justlove91:

This only looks contradictory because you don't pay attention or misinterpreted what I wrote.
The problem (is that really a problem) about being a God is that you can't change your will ie you can't have one will today and change to another tomorrow, because God is perfect every will that issued from Him is always perfect and don't need any change whatsoever, if He change it that means it's not perfect in the first place.
In my write up earlier I said we all agree God is eternal which necessary follows that His will as been forever and encompasses all that will forever take place. it means His will are forever thesame can never be change.
Now, the belief that God can do whatever he likes has a presupposition that He can change His will anytime He wants.
I think the misconception came about because you imagine God as human do that change and have new will almost everyday, but God way is not like that, He those not develop will as we do because not only is He Omnipotent but also Omniscience which means His will encompass all from the very beginning.
I hope am clear now.
God created everything bright & beautiful right?Or so he thought. Eventually discovered he had erred & decided to destroy the world with water & start all over. That wasn't enough,he discovered he had erred again & this time destroyed it or most of it by fire. Now we hear he is coming again to destroy the entire world for the umpteenth time. Can't he just make up his mind? Talking about changes and doing what he likes,you need to read your bible again. In the OT god was all fiery ,vicious & hot tempered. Flying into a rage for something as petty as someone trying to save the arc from falling. In the NT,he seemed to have simmered down a lil after undergoing some anger management therapy. How else do you define change? You can pray all you want but your god still does what he likes. 20,000 people will still die of cancer today,ebola will still kill several hundreds today in spite of their earnest prayers,natural disasters wiĺl still claim thousands more. The corollary therefore,is either your god is powerless to stop anything or he simply doesn't exist. I always stick with the latter

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Re: Can God Do Whatever He Likes? by jerrymej(m): 3:32pm On Feb 28, 2015
Your compositions is having some contradiction! But even so, I got your point.
But I only believe that there's only one thing that God can not do, because he hate's it with passion, and that's "LIE".
Re: Can God Do Whatever He Likes? by johnydon22(m): 3:36pm On Feb 28, 2015
doubleDx:
Whatever God does is right because he declares things that are right! He is the King of righteousness...errors and inquiries have no place in his presence; so, yes! God is always right and can do whatever he/she/it wants to...because everything that comes from GOD is righteous! From His promises to his judgements, he is righteous!

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain: I am Jehovah, speaking righteousness, declaring things which are right.

So subjecting millions of children to a horrifying and terrible death and saving only noah and his family seems right to you?

You believe out of all the millions of people on earth only one man was just, and the even the little children are not innocent enough to be saved huh?

now this seems right to you because some egoistic, sadistic, barbaric jewish deity did it... You must be joking am sure..

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Re: Can God Do Whatever He Likes? by justlove91(m): 5:59pm On Feb 28, 2015
jerrymej:
Your compositions is having some contradiction! But even so, I got your point.
But I only believe that there's only one thing that God can not do, because he hate's it with passion, and that's "LIE".
Contradiction!!!
I think there is more God cannot lie is one but not all, others includes: to be unjust, change, fear, regret etc
Re: Can God Do Whatever He Likes? by justlove91(m): 6:00pm On Feb 28, 2015
jerrymej:
Your compositions is having some contradiction! But even so, I got your point.
But I only believe that there's only one thing that God can not do, because he hate's it with passion, and that's "LIE".
Contradiction!!!
I think there are more God cannot.do lie is one but not all, others includes: to be unjust, change, fear, regret etc
Re: Can God Do Whatever He Likes? by justlove91(m): 6:10pm On Feb 28, 2015
cold:

God created everything bright & beautiful right?Or so he thought. Eventually discovered he had erred & decided to destroy the world with water & start all over. That wasn't enough,he discovered he had erred again & this time destroyed it or most of it by fire. Now we hear he is coming again to destroy the entire world for the umpteenth time. Can't he just make up his mind? Talking about changes and doing what he likes,you need to read your bible again. In the OT god was all fiery ,vicious & hot tempered. Flying into a rage for something as petty as someone trying to save the arc from falling. In the NT,he seemed to have simmered down a lil after undergoing some anger management therapy. How else do you define change? You can pray all you want but your god still does what he likes. 20,000 people will still die of cancer today,ebola will still kill several hundreds today in spite of their earnest prayers,natural disasters wiĺl still claim thousands more. The corollary therefore,is either your god is powerless to stop anything or he simply doesn't exist. I always stick with the latter
Re: Can God Do Whatever He Likes? by justlove91(m): 6:11pm On Feb 28, 2015
cold:

God created everything bright & beautiful right?Or so he thought. Eventually discovered he had erred & decided to destroy the world with water & start all over. That wasn't enough,he discovered he had erred again & this time destroyed it or most of it by fire. Now we hear he is coming again to destroy the entire world for the umpteenth time. Can't he just make up his mind? Talking about changes and doing what he likes,you need to read your bible again. In the OT god was all fiery ,vicious & hot tempered. Flying into a rage for something as petty as someone trying to save the arc from falling. In the NT,he seemed to have simmered down a lil after undergoing some anger management therapy. How else do you define change? You can pray all you want but your god still does what he likes. 20,000 people will still die of cancer today,ebola will still kill several hundreds today in spite of their earnest prayers,natural disasters wiĺl still claim thousands more. The corollary therefore,is either your god is powerless to stop anything or he simply doesn't exist. I always stick with the latter
This simply shows that you don't understand my write ups. All the objections you made above are completely against what my definition of what perfection is, which means I don't belief in every one of them.
Poor atheists! you always miss it, immediately connecting the word God to religion, grow up God is above religion and not all what religion says about God is right, He is above it and you should learn to look outside religion if you must grasp Him.

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