Actually that's exactly what God was thinking with the "Great Flood". That being said, God punishing them for not heeding the "prophets" and then punishing them on judgment day is in fact punishing them twice for the same crimes and inherently unjust. That being said, does God have an inability to prevent natural disasters or does the death of innocent children just not register on God's radar with that?
The future not being a straight line implies that there are things that God doesn't know. But the problem is God not only knows each possible branch of the future, he knows exactly which branch you will take and which decisions you will make before you make them. That's what being omniscient is. So before the warnings are even delivered, God knows exactly who will heed them and who will not. The people that god knows will reject the prophets will do so every single time no matter what the conditions because God knows in advance how they will respond. God also knows the exact set of words to use that would make everyone in the world a believer. He chooses not to use them and instead uses books that have been edited over time and words that can be misinterpreted. So realistically speaking, the warnings are irrelevant when God knows exactly where you will end up the before you are born.
God not only knows our desires, he knows exactly what he will do. He knows before you ever ask for something whether or not he will ever give it to you. So the idea that prayer convinces God to help you is foolish because God already knows once again before you are born exactly how much of anything you are ever going to get or exactly how much better he is going to make your life. Because he is omniscient and knows everything.
This is Stupid 1)There are cases or natural disasters and god-made disasters. God didn't say "well i feel like killing some bad peeps" People were warned by prophets and wise men and when they persisted they were punished. 2)Yes God knows the future but there have been times in the bible when people were warned and listen. So they were two outcomes: Persist or Heed the warnings the future isnt a straight line imo and depending on many things you make your own future. 3)Yes God knows our desires and needs but he also know if we really need them or need them now or at a later time or if what we think we need will not make our lives better.
crazy how u guys decide to spend hours of your time arguing over stupid sh*t such as your own beliefs lol just live your life. if u wanna be an atheist and a satanist do you lol
I think it's perfectly reasonable for me to hold Islamic doctrine, which has a whole lot to say about holy war, for the high volume of violent acts committed by Islamic political actors from the moment Muhammad killed a bunch of Meccans at Badr.
As for your question, I have no idea whether al-Baghdadi, for example, buys into the garbage Daesh peddles. But it doesn't matter whether he does, because his footmen do.
I've noticed that a lot of people who squeal buzzwords like "Islamophobia" at irreligious critics of Islam (most of these people don't seem to mind when similar criticisms are leveled at Christianity) are really in love with the "Yeah, well, none of the radical Islamic higher-ups really believe the junk they spew" maneuver. It's a total red herring. Whether or not al-Baghdadi really thinks his goal is to bring about the fall of the West or w/e is irrelevant. The same thing goes for Hitler, Pol Pot, and every other once-upon-a-time living breathing generator of spectacular tragedy and horror. It makes zero difference whether Hitler thought the Jews really were inferior and deserved to burn to a crisp, because his disciples and henchmen either (a) truly did believe those things and acted accordingly or (b) acted as if they truly believed those things even if they secretly didn't.
Anyway, yeah. Early Christians were extremely chill despite being "hella" (Bay Area slang for very, haha, well, it's in the OED now) wrong about the whole God thing. Except for Tertullian, who was a major prick.
