If God is all powerful, why does he need martyrs to do his evil biddings?
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Too many people think that they speak for god. When actually they only speak for their own murderous selves and use god to justify their actions.
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Well he was not a villain... he was carrying out his part in Jesus' Crucifixion, he had to turn Jesus in in order to fulfill the prophecy set forth by Jesus... besides nothing is intrinsically good or evil, it is the manor of usage that makes it that way...
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Well, since he created us all, he must be powerful. There are many stories in the Bible that show us this.
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Jesus definitely does not want us to break the Ten Commandments or any other law God gives, but what Jesus did, was eliminate the need for sacrifices because he was and is the ULTIMATE sacrifice.  Satan on the other hand wants us to break as many laws and knowingly turn away from God.  Lucifer (Satan) was so jealous of the fact that God loves humans so much, he decided to turn away from his spot as the highest angel in Heaven to devote eternity to destroy and bring down humans.  God gave us free will to decide whether to turn to Him or not; this does not therefore make him a tyrant. So to answer your question: no Jesus does not want us to break God's law and yes Satan does want us to break God's law and openly deny God and His son.
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Satan doesn't have to worry about the non believers, but the believers - This is where he spend his time. Satan has lots of power and can cause much pain, and suffering. Read the story of Job, Satan continued to place suffering on him, in hopes of turning him aways from God. Satan tries his best to pull believers from the truth, and will use any means possible.\n\nThis doesn't mean all believers will suffer, and all nonbelievers won't, but it does explain why some believers have to endure sufferings in their lives. The good news is, God is always there to help pull us through and if we lean on Him all is well.
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God is so powerful, he can even cause Internet trolls to (oh so cleverly, they think) copy and paste into Yahoo Answers some clever riddle they found on the Internet about big rocks or hot burritos; it is easy of course to frame up some nonsense question, a poor man's version of an Escher drawing, and demand that God fulfill it.\n\nThis one fails more easily than most, at least in terms of a Christian response. Here's how God, if he were not mindful of his own words to not "put the Lord your God to the test," could work it:\n\n1. God the Father creates a one ton rock, and drops it in Galilee.\n\n2. Christ the Son tries to move it using only natural means, and since Christ is both Fully God and Fully Man, his natural-only efforts, being human, do not succeed.\n\nVoila; copy-paste Internet troll foiled!!
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:}\nNo at least not in a direct sense. He does take advantage of evil which occurs to cause good for believers. his absence is evil so he is it's counter part.
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Because the christian god is a bully who indiscriminately kills whomever and whatever he wishes. We are just all just ants and he is the giant kid with a magnifying glass.
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Well, you would too if you created the ENTIRE universe!  But seriously, God doesn't have an ego, Satan does, and that's why God threw him out of heaven.   No words can properly explain to the fullest who God is, the only way someone can know who God is, is to have a relationship with Him.  My father is an atheist and he wanted my mother who is catholic to raise us without a religion.  So, I grew up knowing in my heart as a child that there was a God, but not having a religion structure to explain to me.  Well, God gave me dreams as a teenager, which eventually led me to get saved when I was 18.  And by the way, God DID appear to people, as Jesus, and will return again in the future.  God doesn't have an ego, He wouldn't have died on the cross and suffered for our salvation.  God loves us and wants whats best for us.  Satan is jealous of God and people because he can't be god, and he can't get saved like humans.  God won't forgive him so he's jealous that God forgives us, and satan tries to lead us down a path of destruction to hell.
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Hmm, yeah, that's a very interesting point! Why not just trust "god" to protect him? Now, would that be a sin? Because if it was gods will for him to die, than he's preventing that from happening, right? but if god was "almighty" then he could give him a heart attack or something...but then if he's that powerful, why the need for bulletproof...round and round we go....I need chocolate!  :) smart question btw!
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God does anything his/her believer want Him/Her to do.
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No one has power solely by their own hand.God allows some to have power but in an earth sense some although are confidants of the dark one and achieve power through wasting their years away pondering on how to become more powerful.This also is true with the rich they are never content with what they have they must always maintain a step ahead of what was once thought to be suitable in their gain.The fact is power is only obtain by to ways on this earth God or satan.I desire neither because as one answered there is great responsiblity attached to it.
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Wow what a great question. So I understand. God created everything, he created the devil, and therefore he created sin. (which is the breaking of Law.. which he created!)\nSo when people say oh... its the devils work, its is just as much gods work too, just as much as a pretty flower is his work, so is the the Tsunami and 9/11... Ok so god is good.. but god is Evil too!\n\nHe doesn't deserve my worship.
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It was part of God's plan to set in motion the sacrifice of his son as he promised.  People talk about how God gave us freewill, he didn't.  We are all his puppets.  Therefore we cannot be held accountable for our actions
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Satan didn't hijack the universe, he brought up the issue of gods right to rule man.  If God just destroyed satan and humans and then started over again his point wouldn't be proven and no one would learn and that wouldn't be fair.  Instead he allows us to rule ourselves with satans influence to allow us to make our own choice and prove his right to rule.
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marianne is right. Satan can only be one place at one time but He has a huge influence on us and causes us to think like him. Also he has his minions who are a great multitude. God is one but he is everywhere at all times. Also He has His angels. God is much greater than Satan, but He lets us choose Him, unlike the devil who is constantly nagging and lying to us.
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What better justification is there than to allude to a higher power having made you to do something instead of just taking responsibility for your own words and actions.  That burns me up.  Hiding behind a God or a Deity figure to conveniently absolve yourself so that you can "pretend" to yourself and the rest of the world that you're not culpable.