As far as creating a soul that God knows will be condemned we come to the dilemma of predestination. God does know who is predestined to enter the kingdom.
that is a very ugly thought ...maybe you need to take a longer "eternal" view of things.
However, it is also a fact that God desires everyone to be saved
that barely makes up for the previous idea, and the following
God creates circumstances in everyone's life where salvation is extended and the person is left with the choice.
you make it sound as if there were only one choice ?
Putting the blame on God for man's choices seems to be the popular way to go. Man always places the blame on others instead of taking it on himself. It is human nature.
You really see this ? People "blaming" God ? That's very interesting idea . I sort of thought I witnessed a fundamentalist movement recently that is thanking God for the freedom to do all sorts of inspeakable acts of violence and the promotion of hatred between peoples, in the name of heaven and righteousness?
I know you see love all around you , but I do not share your view that there are barbarians at the foot of God's gate calling for his resignation and blaming him at all,
I see quite the contrary .
I see them calling out his name evreywhere about , and praying for his guidance in their holy wars, but surely do not see them blaming him .
God's love somehow does seem to become rather lost & bizaar when not endowed with reason and compassion , self awareness and consciousness of reality, from out of every corner of humanity and the human mind , whatever the source of, be they atheist , agnostic , or good Buddhists and Hindus or Eskimos.
Of what man in the 20th Century did you see , that embodied
the most , the gospel of Love and peace and self scrifice ,
that lived most with and attributes of Christ and Pacifism ?
(Hint: He was not hiding out in the Vatican, i assure you)
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