In the battle of Good&Bad, why God help Bad to defeat GOOD in that  battle?
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nope, free will, just see everyday examples\n\n\n\n...you mean will instead of why?.......
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The issue is not that God’s goodness, God’s power, and evil’s reality can’t fit together, but that there are additional pieces to the puzzle that fit between them and hold them together.\n\n1. Free Will is a partial answer. \nFree will gives a partial answer to this question of evil and suffering. It goes like this: \n\nGod made humanity with free will. \nEvil is a result of human choices. Our first parents chose to sin. \nAs a result of sin, this world has been plunged into suffering. \nEvil, therefore, finds its origin not in the Creator, but in the creature. God receives no blame for evil—we do. We get the credit for evil because we’re the ones who chose to abandon God.\n\n2. As a result of free will, history is discontinuous. \nThere was no evil in God's original creation. But Adam had free will—he was able to sin or to not sin. And he chose to sin. And Adam's choice affected more than just himself. He represented all of humanity. Indeed, Adam represented the whole world (he had dominion over it), and when Adam was sinning, the whole world was declaring war on God. Thus even the natural world was plunged into suffering—animate as well as inanimate (the ground being cursed in Genesis 3 and thus awaiting full salvation at Christ’s return — Romans 8:19-22). This discontinuity is what Christians call the Fall. The world is good (Gen. 1), but fallen in rebellion against God. \n\nHow could God create a world full of evil and suffering? He didn’t. He created a world in which people enjoyed communion with God, intimacy with each other, perfect harmony with the creation, and everlasting life—a world with no suffering, no sin and no guilt. History is radically discontinuous. The world changed at the Fall. \n\nAnd the fact that the Bible says the world is good but fallen certainly makes sense of life. Human beings are capable of great beauty and kindness, but also great evil. Children are cute, but selfish. Adults are smart, but manipulative. The Bible accounts for both the glory and the shame of being human. We’re God’s image, but an image marred and distorted by our divorce from our Creator. \n\nThe Christian philosopher Blaise Pascal spoke of the grandeur and misery of humanity. We are capable of great things, but are always capable of pondering an existence better than the life we now have. Thus we find ourselves in misery precisely because we have the ability to contemplate a better existence. Perhaps the fact that we can imagine a life without suffering is itself a reminder deep within our human consciousness of the life we once enjoyed in loins of father Adam — a life we have lost and can only regain through the redemptive intervention of God in human history. This is a redemption that will only be complete when Jesus Christ returns.\n\n3. If you want God to eradicate evil, you’re demanding that He eradicate us. God’s alternative to eradicating evil people is to redeem them. \nRemember the words of Peter: “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). You blame God for evil in the world? I assure you He can take care of the problem right now — but you won’t like the way He does so. Is there evil in your heart? He can destroy your heart at any moment. The amazing thing, though, is that God doesn’t do this. He made your tongue, and you use it to speak against Him — but He is patient with you. For now. \n\nRedemption is God’s striking alternative to eradication. Rather than destroying his fallen creation, He has chosen to restore a people for Himself, a people who one day will live with Him in a restored creation (2 Peter 3:13).\n\n4. Evil is not a thing, but a privation of the good. \nThis was the point that Augustine made in the fourth century when refuting the dualistic Manichean cult out of which he had come when converted to Christ. Mani h
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Spiritual warfare is recomended for ONLY the ABSOLUTE IN FAITH!  Losing is not cool.  \nThe war is to Know the evil that you face and invoke the power over it! The pupose is to send them away and be unable to take another soul and or get one back from them or to prevent them from taking one.\nIf you have any doubts in your faith of the power to bind them......don't start.\nJust like the dogs they are... they can sense your fear and weaknesses and will cause you to doubt and or fear and thereby defeat you.
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This is a tough one.  The obvious answer would be Heaven, of course.  However, one must factor in a few things.\n\n1.  While Heaven is the obvious "good guy" one can't forget that Hell will play dirty.  You can't overlook that.  Angels will play fair, and while we all know they are a little bit smarter than your average demon (just read This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti for your proof.) demons tend to travel in larger packs, and they fight dirty.  \n\n2.  Heavenly inhabitants are used to an easygoing lifestyle.  Hell is probably overcrowded and the folks who live there are used to roughing it.  Hellions are also usually more badass.\n\n3.  The final fight - Satan Vs. God.  This is really no contest.  God would win, in effect, because He is God.  You can't beat God.  It just doesn't happen.  So The Dark Lord would ineviteably fall.  As for the two realms of Heaven and Hell, who knows who would win if you took God and Satan out of the equation.  Probably Hell.  But since God is, in fact, in the equation, it's safe to say that Heaven would come away with the win.
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You are stating to opposite thoughts then using one to negate the other.  It is nonsense.  I answered a question a while back that was the following:\n\nQ. Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb. True or False?\n\nA. You are associating with Evil = Not Good. Because of the religious connotation you are inferring that good = religious. Since you also equated good = dumb, then by the transitive property of equality, religious = dumb.
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satan when he trys to assend to Gods throne.then comes mans sin trying to be like God being able to tell good from bad.
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Does this fall into the category of "why do bad things happen to good people"?  I understand your question completely and have asked that same question myself.  In time you come to accept what happens, good and bad, as out of your hands.  Everything in life is a lesson and we just have to try to see what it is that God is trying to get us to learn.  I don't question God's wisdom, I just ask him to help me see what it is he trying to teach me.  Maybe those people who cannot have children are there to make a home for those children who do not have parents.  Trust in God's wisdom, his will is always done.  Accept what he gives you and learn from it.  This may not answer your question, but it is the best explanation I can give you.
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God definitely!!! The devil represents total 100% evil and wickedness. The devil is God's enemy. I'm in spiritual warfare every day trying to fight him.
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Look at it this way:\n\nThink of God as the consciousness and embodiment of existence.  In the beginning he decides that he doesn’t like this evil stuff that exists and wants to be rid of it, and so he devises this “game” as you could think of it.  The basic plan is to up the good and erase the bad.  First he separates everything out as in Genesis (think of separating the light from the dark as good from evil).  Next he gives the bad stuff to Satan, creates people that are capable of good and evil, and sets Satan lose on them to tempt them into doing that evil.  Meanwhile, he has a chat with Moses, letting him know the kind of goodness that he is looking for and that he will be allowing people into his kingdom (the only thing that will be left at the end of this “game“) as long as there’re bringing along plenty of this goodness and none of that badness.  The Jews of the Old Testament try their hardest for a good long time but it’s just not working, they can‘t seem to finish there turn in the game without some of that badness baggage that God‘s not going to let them in with.  God knew they couldn’t all the long but for whatever reason wanted us to understand that too.\n\nEnter Jesus (this is where the applause sign lights up, or maybe we could play some “Rocky” music here).  Jesus tells the people “Look, I know you’re having a hard time keeping up with all these atonement sacrifices so I’ll tell you what I’ll do.  I’m gonna go sacrifice myself on that cross over there and you don’t have to worry about doing any more sacrifices yourself.  Just keep me in mind whenever you do slip up and I’ll take care of those things from here on out.  Before I go though, lets clear up a few things about this good stuff.  It seems some of it must have gotten mixed up in translation somewhere.”\n\nNow God has us out here collecting all this bad stuff, and Jesus is standing by ready to erase it for us/God.  At the end of the game God will collect all his game pieces, clean up after himself, and take us back to his new and better home filled with even more goodness (and no badness).\n\nI’ll be the first to admit this isn’t a perfect summary and it doesn‘t answer everything, but I did the best I could while trying to keep with the “game” idea.   Also it’s 2am and I’m a bit sleepy.\n\nHope that helps your understanding of Gods general plan a bit.  Nobody really knows the extent of Gods plan or his reasons behind it but it helps me to think of it in a similar way to this.\n\nNow, on to the question.  I worship God because I appreciate that he though enough to create me and so I want to thank him for that and I want to bring along as much of this goodness with me as I can whan God collects my game piece.
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Jesus said you're blessed when things like this happen to you.\n\nI've gotten many thumbs down for answers that were scripture only.  That's when I know it's not me they are disagreeing with but God.  Why should you take on fighting God's battles for Him?  Speak the Word, and let Him handle the results.
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Who knows? But frankly,it's not just Christians. I would think God is pretty tired of both armies wanting Him on their side. More people have died throughout history because they say their God is better than the other guys. It's insane!!!
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People think that God controlls everything, therefore, by association, God allows the wars to begin.  People who believe in that cant just say, well this one thing is in God's hands, but this other thing here isnt.
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I think good is good because it flows from God. The Bible says "God is love"...  It is the same principal...it flows from God.  \n\nJesus himself told us that only God is good.\n\nThe Bible also teaches us that we really don't know what good is because we ourselves aren't good.  We are fallen creatures and we can and do judge "good" wrongly.  We see a nice person and think they are good...but inside they are not. We can and do deceive ourselves.\n\nSince Christians are "little christ's"...we are to display the qualities of goodness and love but we still do this imperfectly.
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There is evil in the world because Adam deferred to the devil by eating the fruit. But don't worry, God has the hairs of all our heads numbered. He sent His Son to endure every hard thing we have had to endure, physically and emotionally, on the cross. evil will not reign forever. And when it's all over, and you go to live with Him, He will wipe away all your tears.
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because,\n\n‘When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.\n\nor\n\nThe only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing
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The Key to the Book of Job was that Job broke down GOD's Hedge of Protection by getting into Fear.\nJob said the Thing that I have "Greatly Feared" has come upon me.\nFear opens up the Door for the devil to Attack you and have a better Chance at Succeeding.\nDevils agonna attack us Anyway.\nSometime, somehow.\ndevil Seeks whom he "May" devour.\nhe May not Devour Us, Especially if you are Walking in Faith.\nNo Weapon Formed against Us, "Shall Prosper".  Faith will keep it from Prospering.\nHope this helps.
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I am not sure but fight for our god? Depends on what it is.....like if someone asks a bad question about Islam then answer by correcting it. BE PROUD. but just dont go getting into fights just to stick up for your religion because you no why? because they fight wont help solve anything.....if you believe then nothing can destroy that. Fighting doesnt solve anything..