[Q: what's the point in a battle between good and evil as described in revelations if god is all powerful and neither party can mortally wound each other]
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"the final battle has to occur in order to destroy the earth and heavens so as to create a new one of each..."
It does not have to occur. God does not have to do anything the way he does because he is omnipotent. If he wanted to do things without the massive suffering necessary of the end days he could just prevent Satan from taking over the earth, and presumably God wouldn't have to destroy anything just to rebuild it again.
For someone who's supposed to be omnimax, God doesn't have a lot of foresight.
(Mortok)
Ah, the classic Problem of Evil inherent in the three Abrahamic faiths. I, for one, call the whole mess an Epic(urian) Fail. *laughs*
"well when that day arrives lets hope you have given yourself to the Lord so you can be on the winning side..."
Yes, yes. Answer the question.
"the point is to do away with evil in every form it exists... to defeat satan ... he is in control of the earth right now (which is why you are so confused) and the final battle has to occur in order to destroy the earth and heavens so as to create a new one of each..."
Which doesn't exactly explain why an omnipotent deity doesn't just snap its fingers or twitch its nose, or whatever the hell such being do, and be rid of evil without all the violence, bloodshed and death. Particularly when, as was pointed out, those actually doing the fighting can't be hurt anyway so the only one who suffers is us poor mortals.
Why can't God just stomp his butt now? The idea of Satan - who must have been created by God to begin with - battling the infinitely powerful creator of the universe is ridiculous. Equally ridiculous is the idea that the infinitely powerful creator of the universe would sit around for absolutely no reason waiting to do it.
the final battle has to occur in order to destroy the earth and heavens so as to create a new one of each
What does Rocky mean by has to occur? Is God not able to destroy the earth and heavens any time He chooses? And why does He have to destroy the earth and heavens in order to create a new one of each? Is He constrained by some even higher power? What's stopping Him from creating anything He wants?
Explain to me, please, why THE FUCK Satan has control over the Earth if your god is supposedly its all-powerful creator? Huh? Sounds kind of FUCKING RETARDED dosent it?
Honestly, any answer you give for this question will sound like a bullshit excuse for a faulty god.
LOL, you worship an "omnibenevolent" god who sits back and allows demons to menace his creation all in the name of "freewill"..LOL..talk about LAME!
Way to Matrix dodge the question there, Rocky.
Also.
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...he point is to do away with evil in every form it exists... to defeat satan...
Well, I have a question. Why didn't God just do that when he threw satan down? Or, why have a battle at all if the outcome is certain? And isn't God powerful enough to wound anybody? Even himself?
Makes the mind boggle, don't it?
Gawd could have saved himself and everyone else a lot of trouble if he had done it right in the first place and not have created evil to begin with. What a dufus!
(Isaiah 45:7, KJV) - "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil : I the LORD do all these things."
Confused?
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