Does God confuse the twins while registering their good and bad deeds?
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Oh how I so hope not. I'm the good twin. My sister is positively  evil  hee hee
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No he only works in obvious ways. god works in mysterious ways because he is a sneaky bastard.
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This is a yes and no issue.  \nFor the yes portion first.  When a group of people fall away from God and cease to follow his teachings they lose his spirit and guidance. Later when they have children they often teach their children the same false teachings they have espoused.  Therefore this curse of ungodliness is passed on BY THE PARENTS, not by a vengeful God.\n\nNow for the no portion.  \nGod does NOT punish children for the acts of their parents or their ancestors.  I believe that man will be punished for his own sins and not for Adam's transgression.  The belief that children are born sinful, due to a transgression of Adam is a false doctrine with no foundation in scriptural truth.  Any religion that teaches that children must be baptized denies the atonement of Christ (or they don't understand it) and they are teaching a doctrine that is out of harmony with the gospel.  And now for a criticism of my character and answer...here is the Internet's watchDOG...Pregotwin!
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No, you're correct. Many believers can't seem to grasp this simple concept.\n\nIn the following argument (which is the same as yours, just more in depth) the author does not assign god a gender, therefor god is referred to as "it", instead of "he" or "she".\n\n"The problem here is that God knows everything that has happened and everything that will happen. Its knowledge cannot be wrong. There is not a single event that it has not foresaw. Given that it created the Universe the way it did, do we have free will? Consider that when God made the Universe it could see every possible result of what it was doing. Which means: it could not create something without knowing what the results would be, and without knowing how it would be affected (and effect) the things around it.\n\nLet's say that Fred has a choice that will save his life, to accept God or not to accept God and the final choice is to be made tomorrow. God knows already what choice he will make - God cannot be wrong therefore Fred cannot choose otherwise to what God has predicted. When God created the chain of events that made Fred it also knew that it was making Fred's choice for him, and knew how the various circumstances and character would make him choose either right or wrong. Fred would go forth and make that very decision that God knew he would make, and by virtue that God knowingly set up all the factors that affected his decision, it was not up to Fred but to God to decide how Fred would fare.\n\nThis argument does not imply that God does not exist. It leaves us with three results, two of which have to be wrong.\n\n   1. God created everything with full knowledge and we have no free will to change it\n   2. God does not have full knowledge\n   3. God did not make the Universe or there is no God"\n\n - Written by Vexen Crabtree
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I always thought that a Godmother was there to make sure the child was given proper religous upbringing... so if your friends die before the twins are adult, you would be responsible for any religous education or rites of passage.\n\nGodparents aren't responsible to care for the child - as in taking custody.
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God does not "make children with handicaps."  As long as there is sin in the world, these things will happen.  But . . . . \n\nAll things work for the good of those of love and follow the Lord.  \n\nJohn 9: 1-11   As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"  \n\n"Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."   \n\nHaving said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes. "Go," he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, "Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?" Some claimed that he was. Others said, "No, he only looks like him."  But he himself insisted, "I am the man."  How then were your eyes opened?" they demanded.  1He replied, "The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see."  \n\nGod does not create the difficulties or the disabilities, but He provides a way that we can overcome them and they become part of our testimony of hope to others.
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LOL\nNo.\nDefinitely god himself NEVER changes....\n\nBut he ACTS differently throughout times
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I don't think so.  I believe that people who do put alot of faith in god are giving the credit of their actions to another being.  God didn't create or plan your actions- you did!
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Amen, sister! God does work in mysterious ways.
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Only to brainwashed religious freaks, who always want to credit GOD with the illogical result, remember people just because there is a 1 in 1,000,000,000,000 chance of things happening, there is still 1 chance that it will happen, but when it does all the religions try to credit it to GOD"it had to be a Miracle". Just part of their brainwashing techniques they have implorered over the years.
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Yes definitely, the problem is when something bad happens, people like to blame God, saying things like "Why did that happen? I prayed for hours for me to win why didn't I win? Why did she get cancer? It's all your fault I hate you!" What people don't realize is that there is a reason for everything and you have to realize it's all for the best. An example is if a girl where to fail a driving test, even thought she asked God to help assist her so she could get her car, she might be mad but maybe lets say she did pass the test, then she gets in a horrible car crash which causes her to kill the person who might of cured a bad disease. Or when a football twists his ankle and can't play, he will blame God. But say he didn't twist his ankle and was able to play, he might of gotten tackled from both sides and broken his spine, now he has to be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life instead of a twisted ankle which might heal in a few weeks. I remember this when a horrible thing happens to me, as bad as it is, it's all for the greater good.
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Okay, this is just my theory.  I cannot prove this and I have nothing of substance to back it up with except observation.\n\nIf we are all made in the image of God (which I believe), and yet we all have different personalities (16 or so, depending on whose inventories you use), where did all the personalities come from?\n\nSome people might say sin or influence, but not all differences can be attributed to sin.  Two different people can see the same thing differently and not be wrong, because it's not a matter of right or wrong.  \n\nWhat I believe is that every strength of each personality type coexists peacefully in God.  Unity in the church or marriage or family is all about bringing ourselves individually under His headship because only in Him can we peacefully coexist.\n\nI think that part of what people consider contradictions in the Bible are actually specifications.\n\nWhen you have two things that are Biblically based, but polar opposite, I think we have to consider that they are written for two polar opposite attitudes of heart.\n\nWe tend to think that if something is wrong, then what we need to do is the opposite thing. But what if that's not true? What if we just need to reign ourselves in a little, not go drastically the other direction?\n\nThe preacher in our congregation when I was growing up used to say, "In order to give someone directions, you have to know two things: where they are and where they want to go."\n\nHis point was that sometimes what people need to do depends on where they start. For example:\n\nDo not answer a fool according to his folly,\nLest you also be like him.\nAnswer a fool according to his folly,\nLest he be wise in his own eyes. Proverbs 26:4-5\n\nHow can they both be true, and how do you decide whether or not to answer?\n\nI think if I have a tendency to be rash in my answers, I'd better take verse 4 to heart. If I answer what I believe to be a foolish remark, I'm probably only going to show myself to be a fool.\n\nIf I have a tendency not to confront foolish talk because I am shy or insecure, every fool and his brother is going to feel compelled to give me advice because they take my silence as interest or approval. So verse 5 applies to me.\n\nWhat if we cannot align our strengths because our weaknesses cause us to clash?  If God can perfectly unite those attributes within Himself, could He not also unite us in Himself?\n\nIn the end, each person has to do what they believe to be the correct thing and trust that God will bring about resolution. If we submit to Him, He will bring us into agreement with each other. If we care more about being right in an argument than we care about being righteous before God, we have little hope of unity.
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No. god decided to contradict himself by taking away free will for a bit, so he could get the humans to write his book for him.\nAnd of course, that's ignoring all the inconsistancies in the new testament, like made up prophesies and the evidence to support that the old testament was actually copied from ancient Sumerian stone tablets...\n\n:)\n\nTY, shawny  :D
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no one really knows how god works\n\nI'd like to think that IF  he  is "recycling" souls, he puts them in the opposite situation then what they were just in so that the soul can gain a new perspective \nex.\n Rich person - poor person, \n     athlete - nerd\n     demorcrat -republican\nThis way in the end, we all understand each other better
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NO, because if there is God. He is just. Then he rewards the good and punishes the evil. The way he rewards is to spend eternity in heaevn; the way he punishes is to spend eternity in hell. So it is not strange. And fot a Christian, it is not unpredictable.
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God allows all types of bad things to happen to bring glory to his name.  plain and simple.\n\nyou ask an interesting question.  I'm figuring that you know someone who is disabled, you, your child, a friend/family member or their child.\n\nkeep in mind that God does everything for a reason, even though we do not understand, it will inevitibly (??) bring glory to his name.  watch the disabled child and see if they do not seem happy and slightly carefree.  in all that disability, they have ability to praise God, because they know he loves them.
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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.