If he is all powerful then he cannot be all good.
Hes also perfectly Just and perfectly Wise not just all powerful. God is the source of Good.
And if he is all knowing then what is the purpose of "testing" people?
He is all knowing but we aren't. He is also Just. He doesnt punish if someone hasnt done anything
If God were to throw people into Hell without doing anything, then it wouldn't be just since we wouldn't have done anything. If he were to put people into paradise, then the people would think they can get a higher rank in paradise. So where ever we end up, its because of our actions.
He tests us to reveal our true character.
Will we be grateful and humble during good times or become arrogant, boastful and think we dont need God?
Will be patient and grateful during hardship and calamities or reject him?
All good and bad are a test.
Do you not do the same? You believe in your religion because it 'feels right'.
No, there are plenty of different evidences that prove that it cant be other than from God.
-Its preservation
-Its memorisation
- It makes sense and talks about human behaviour perfectly which can be seen
- Its numerical patterns
-Its knowledge of things which couldn't be known by people at the time.
- It could fix issues that we have today
-Its theology is also logical
-Its a complete way of life
-its time-bound prophecies.
Without matter god would not be able to judge us because everything sinful comes from it
Sin comes from our souls having temptations and our ability to choose our actions.
Then why would god give you the opportunity to judge what is and isn't wrong?
He determined our purpose but gave us the ability to choose for ourselves.
To reveal our true character. I explained above.
Is this all just not our own perceptions? Everything we see and know is just what other people tell us it is.
Nah, even if humans didnt exist, the universe would still be here.
some things still exist regardless of our perception e.g the moon. If i rejected to accept its there, it would still be there.
What is wrong with deciding for ourselves?
You can
But rewards people according to what they strive towards.
There would be no use for individuality if we all went and followed the same path. So to judge those who don't would be to judge those for the choices that were already set out for them?
We follow the the rules e.g praying,fasting etc
but we dont have the same path though. We all have tests and trials which are according to our ability to pass the 'test' to get to the final destination which is paradise.
This also ties into predeterminsm as well since if God is all knowing he would know which path you were already going to go down based on your genetics and circumstances in life.
He does know but we wont be judged on what we dont have control e.g genetics.
He also doesnt force our behaviour.
He only judges what we do have control over such as our reactions to the situations.
What we are living is a script,
God wrote the 'script' because of his knowledge of what we would do.
Not because he forced us to our actions.
The reason we don't believe so is because our memories are wiped at birth, and potentially at death.
I do believe, so its not because our memories were wiped.
Yes. I believe that our memories were wiped before coming to Earth.
Our wiping of memories have come through the form of giving us a natural urge to acknowledge One God.
