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Originally posted by Robtard
Speaking in vernacular... You're smoking crack dude! So God gave us free will and the ability to choose if we want to obey God's word or not, yet God can see the future and already knows if we will obey and go to Heaven or disobey and go to Hell... That sounds logical to you, something that a being of infinite omnipotence would do? Seems like God could just have pre-weeded out the losers and sent them directly to Hell. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.00 dollars.First of all, you do not know what wonders exist in the universe, the Hubble really isn't that strong when considering the size of the universe. Secondly, the Great Wall of China makes your mythological Jasper Wall look like a doll house. If it took God's power to create New Jerusalem, what did it take to create the Great Wall of China? Wait, that's right, the Chinese Pantheon has many Gods, they must have made it.
Prepare yourself like a man Rob., I will question you.
Where were you when God laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements, surely you know. Who stretched the measuring line upon it. To what were its foundations fastened? Who laid its cornerstone when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God (the angels who witnessed God created the earth) shouted for joy? Who shut in the sea with doors,
when it burst forth and issued from the womb; Who made the clouds His garment, and thick darkness His swaddling band; Who fixed His limit for it, and set bars and doors; Who said,
‘This far you may come, but no farther,
And here your proud waves must stop!’
Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? It takes on form like clay under a seal, and stands out like a garment from the wicked their light is withheld, and the upraised arm is broken. Have you entered the springs of the sea or have you walked in search of the depths? Have the gates of death been revealed to you Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death? Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth?
Tell me, if you know all this. Where is the way to the dwelling of light and darkness, where is its place, that you may take it to its territory, that you may know the paths to its home? Do you know it, because you were born then, or because the number of your days is great? Have you entered the treasury of snow, or have you seen the treasury of hail, which God has reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war? By what way is light diffused, or the east wind scattered over the earth? Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water, or a path for the thunderbolt, to cause it to rain on a land where there is no one, a wilderness in which there is no man to satisfy the desolate waste, and cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass? Has the rain a father or who has begotten the drops of dew? From whose womb comes the ice and the frost of heaven, who gives it birth? The waters harden like stone, and the surface of the deep is frozen. Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the belt of Orion? Can you bring out Mazzaroth (Constellations) in its season or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs? Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth? Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That an abundance of water may cover you? Can you send out lightnings, that they may go, and say to you, ‘Here we are!’? Who has put wisdom in the mind (inward parts) or who has given understanding to the heart? Who can number the clouds by wisdom Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, when the dust hardens in clumps, and the clods cling together? Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, when they crouch in their dens, or lurk in their lairs to lie in wait? Who provides food for the raven, when its young ones cry to God, and wander about for lack of food? Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young or can you mark when the deer gives birth? Can you number the months that they fulfill or do you know the time when they bear young? They bow down,
They bring forth their young, they deliver their offspring (pangs). Their young ones are healthy, they grow strong with grain; they depart and do not return to them. Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the bonds of the onager, whose home I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwelling? He scorns the tumult of the city; He does not heed the shouts of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he bed by your manger? Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes or will he plow the valleys behind you? Will you trust him because his strength is great or will you leave your labor to him? Will you trust him to bring home your grain, and gather it to your threshing floor? The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s? For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and warms them in the dust; She forgets that a foot may crush them, or that a wild beast may break them. She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, without concern (fear), Because God deprived her of wisdom, and did not endow her with understanding. When she lifts herself on high, she scorns the horse and its rider. Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder (or a mane)? Can you frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror. He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He gallops into the clash of arms. He mocks at fear, and is not frightened; nor does he turn back from the sword. The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and javelin. He devours the distance with fierceness and rage; nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded. At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of captains and shouting.
Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and spread its wings toward the south? Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make its nest on high? On the rock it dwells and resides, on the crag of the rock and the stronghold. From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar. Its young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there it is.”
Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it. The LORD answered out of the whirlwind, and said: Now prepare yourself like a man Robtard; God will question you, and you shall answer Him: