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God's works are always questioned because He gave us a free will to do with what we wish and to question and believe, to love and to hate, to agree and disagree. We question because we are human and we are human because we questioned.--[[User:CRD|CRD]] 22:04, 11 July 2007 (EDT)
 
God's works are always questioned because He gave us a free will to do with what we wish and to question and believe, to love and to hate, to agree and disagree. We question because we are human and we are human because we questioned.--[[User:CRD|CRD]] 22:04, 11 July 2007 (EDT)
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I think that God's works are questioned because our perception of God is so limited.  The majority of people view God as a benevolent, loving, but stearn creator/magician/father figure.  If that is what God is all about then we constantly have to wonder why God's creation contains pain, suffering and death.  We also have to stuff our beliefs about how the world works into a creator/created way of thinking.  Other cultures have had complex mythologies that essentially show God as having many faces; some good, some bad, some loving, some destroying, etc.  The Old Testament God was more like that type of being.  Maybe if our God were bigger, we might realize that the important questions aren't concerning God's works at all but our own.  Like the Buddha we would simply set it aside and concentrate our efforts on living the right life in the here and now.  [[User:Wismike|Wismike]]
 
I think that God's works are questioned because our perception of God is so limited.  The majority of people view God as a benevolent, loving, but stearn creator/magician/father figure.  If that is what God is all about then we constantly have to wonder why God's creation contains pain, suffering and death.  We also have to stuff our beliefs about how the world works into a creator/created way of thinking.  Other cultures have had complex mythologies that essentially show God as having many faces; some good, some bad, some loving, some destroying, etc.  The Old Testament God was more like that type of being.  Maybe if our God were bigger, we might realize that the important questions aren't concerning God's works at all but our own.  Like the Buddha we would simply set it aside and concentrate our efforts on living the right life in the here and now.  [[User:Wismike|Wismike]]
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and whether you agree with them or not, it's a pretty good reason [[User:NRupert|NRupert]] 14:04, 5 June 2008 (EDT)
 
and whether you agree with them or not, it's a pretty good reason [[User:NRupert|NRupert]] 14:04, 5 June 2008 (EDT)
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