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[–]SMCABwhatever 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Just because God loves them, doesn't mean I have to. There are shitty retarded people, and they should be treated as such.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Every man shall reap what he sows. God requires justice, as a father disciplines his son. But the Father still loves his children.

[–]Bitch-Im-a-cow 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

God would never have loved Trump, or Tucker Carlson, or Putin, or Roger Ailes, or Karl Rove, or Dick Cheney, or Donald Rumsfeld, or other similar evil people, but you're right, I perhaps will never look into their eyes. God cast Satan into Hell, which is the place for evil people. If God loves evil people, that would not bode well for God (though He requires that evil exists).

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If God did not love evil people, that would not bode well for you and me. We have all been evil. Christ died for us while we were yet sinners and he would have all men to repent and be saved. But he forces no one.

God cast Satan into Hell

Satan has been released from his chains by man, because man prefers evil over good. God allows man to have what he loves so the kingdom of hell is manifesting on earth. So now God's adversary will have a short time to rule and he will destroy many because of his great hatred for everything good.

Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. Revelation 12:12b

No matter how consistently good God is, his enemy continues to hate him. But the few who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

[–]Bitch-Im-a-cow 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks, though I doub't that sinners are necessarily evil. Original sin, or a proclivity to sinful conduct, is a broad range of sins that are not necessarily evil. The famous philosophical 'problem of evil' is what I address. God allows for evil to exist, but if he were to love an evil person, that just doesn't make sense. Satan is evil, whereas the rest of us are sinners who are not necessasrily evil.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How do you determine which sin is evil? And what do you know about the "original sin"?

When Jesus was walking on earth, he told fathers to their faces that they were evil, even though they appeared to be kind to their children.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Matthew 7:11

Obviously he told them this out of his love, assuring them that the heavenly Father is so much better than earthly fathers. That also applies to his mercy, which exceeds our expectations.

[–]Mcheetah 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What if I looked into the eyes of Lucifer Morningstar (Satan?)

Also, does God love child molesters, violent rapists, and serial killers? If so, He's kinda fucked up.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He loves you even though you also have sinned, but he in no wise approves of sin whether it be mine, yours, or theirs. God is just. We each must atone for the sins we have committed in the body. But only the blood of Jesus redeems us back to God, making our return to him possible.

What if I looked into the eyes of Lucifer....

You would be looking at the originally created spirit who rebelled against God. You also voluntarily separated yourself from God, so it would be like you were looking at yourself. Lucifer will return to God after an eternity of eternities.

You question God's judgment, but since the soul of every sinner must continue to exist for ever, wouldn't it be worse if God never allowed for them to repent and turn back to him? Hell exists forever, but the souls will be liberated one by one. Don't you think that after an eternity the souls would finally learn their lesson?