Free will does not answer the question...again. It answers why we're not perfect but it doesn't answer the perfect being seeing into the future part and why he would create an evil angel. A perfect being that can see into the future would have known the results ahead of time and would not have created an evil angel to ruin his plans of humans choosing perfect lives.
Who says God looked into the future to see if Lucifer would become Satan? There was no reason for God to do that, because angels lived in heaven eons before the Earth was even inhabitable for life (Job 38:4-7). All angels, Lucifer included, saw him create the earth, so therefore all angels had to be abiding by God's laws, at that time. Choosing to live perfectly, even though they did not have to. This proves, that God did not create Satan, that Lucifer's selfishness, made him Satan.
Secondly, Adam is at fault here, because he did not have to disobey Jehovah, as he was perfect too! He could have done what Jesus did, and that was obey God out of love, and choice.
Why should God be of fault here, when his creations who prove to do what he made them very capable of doing, succeed, while some choose to fail? Even imperfect human being can choose to follow God, how much more so can a perfect being?
So there was no need for God to look ahead, when he set angels and humans up perfectly to succeed. It was the choice to do opposite that set the way things are, in motion.
If you are mad at God giving free will, say that. I for one am glad I can choose to love him, can't have without choice, or free will.
If he did not create Satan, we would still have free will and be living perfect lives because it was the talking snake (Satan) that convinced Adam and Eve to sin. They weren't sinning before and there would have been no reason to sin if it weren't for Satan. So therefore, God did create this situation by creating Satan and knowing ahead of time that Satan would be the one causing us to choose sin. I believe the legal term for that is called entrapment and does not coincide with actions of a perfect being.
Two assumptions there. One, that on other angel would try the same argument Satan did, and that God chose to look ahead. And, I might add, that Adam was not convicned by the snake, Eve, however, was. Adam deliberately ate, in spite of knowing he was absolutely in the wrong. Hence, why when he ate, they both noticed they were naked. The Bible says Eve ate first, yet when she brought some to Adam, it does not say she noticed he was naked. So it's very safe to say that God held Adam responsible for sin, because he absolutely knew better. Just like Satan did. They chose to disobey God willingly, even though they did not have to.
This has to be the most ironic statement you've made to date. Because there is nothing that you believe that follows any sort of common sense or pattern of logic.
You believe that:
1.) All of the scientific knowledge we've gained over the last two centuries is wrong. And the millions upon millions of samples and data are wrong.
2.) Scientists all over the world have created some massive worldwide conspiracy to make it seem like your religion is false.
3.) Everyone is being tricked by an invisible evil angel that for some reason was created by a perfect, all-knowing being that can see into the future. And this perfect being that can see into the future wanted us to live perfect lives in peace and harmony but knew that by creating the invisible evil angel we wouldn't live in peace and harmony.
4.) All life on earth began at about the time of the agricultural revolution.
5.) Impossible stories (i.e. Adam and Eve and Noah's Arc). I've shown you multiple times these stories are impossible. Two individuals of a complex species cannot sustain a viable population through sexual reproduction. It is impossible. What part of impossible do you not understand?
Let's see. You believe in impossible stories, massive worldwide conspiracies and non sequitur logic without a shred of physical evidence or proof.
Ever thought that your overwhelming desire to feel special hinders your common sense? That, and your fear of being shunned by your family and friends.
Where do I say that
all scientific knowledge is wrong? Where do I say that
All scientists are basically out to get religionist's? #3, you're assuming again. You're doing that a lot for a guy who uses so much data in his daily life. Funny thing about #4 is that it's the only true gauge of human life on earth. You don't need to use data, or carbon dating to know there was life on earth 6k ago. But you do need to trust that system if you wanna go beyond that, for some strange reason. Kinda fishy for me is all.
#5,
The bible says we die, because of Adam and Eve, they both turned to dust when their time came. Let's see, All other humans after them do the same. Bible says we're imperfect because they sinned, and we all do the same. Have not met a perfect human being yet. Neither has science.
Bible says that man will live about 70 years, 80 if mighty, for some strange reason, even in the healthiest of lands, the avg live span is between 70-80 years. Science agrees. Just a couple of examples of things in the Bible that science is in harmony with. Therefore, the Bible cannot be impossible.
And you're wrong, being a witness of Jehovah has the opposite effect on a person. A true Jehovah's witness is out for the benefit of others, before themselves. That is what Striving to be God like means. Jehovah made us out of love for us, not himself. And everything he says is good, is for the benefit of ourselves, not himself. That is why Jesus is such a fine model for mankind, because he was the most selfless man in human history. The lowliest (most humble) of mankind the Bible refers to him. So no, I'm not trying to make myself bigger than I am. Everything I have, know and love is because Jehovah granted it out of his love.
You need to take a history lesson. I read Matthew 24 entirely and there is nothing that is unique to current times. In fact, everything that is mentioned in Mat 24 has been happening since the dawn of civilzation. It was happening before Mat 24 was written, it was happening when Mat 24 was written and it has been happening ever since. It's a part of human society.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I am certain those prophecies will never happen. I am so certain, I am willing to wager my entire life's savings. Everything I own. Heck, I'm even willing to wager my family's next generation of savings to make sure the next 100 years are covered. Are you? I'll even contact lawyers to draw up a contract. We can meet in a neutral location and sign it. In 100 years (or whatever date you prefer) I wager everything my and my offspring's families have accumulated, that God will not have brought the end of the world by that time. What do you say?
And do you really think that because the word "witness" is mentioned in Mat 24 and you are part of a group created less than 100 years ago with the name "witnesses" in it, is of some sort of cosmological significance? Come on man. You're smarter than that.
There is a verse for people who think the way you do. 2nd Peter 3:3 For YOU know this first,
that in the last days there will come ridiculers with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires 4 and saying: ?Where is this promised presence of his? Why, from the day our forefathers fell asleep [in death],
all things are continuing exactly as from creation?s beginning.?
This verse sums up your belief, that all things continue to happen as they always have in human society. It would be a fair point, except, for some strange reason, the last 100 years has been the worst in all recorded human time. The more advanced man becomes, the more deadly he becomes. We've been harder the last 100 years on our natural resources than any other time in history. More advanced weaponry scares people into fear of the apocolypse. Somehow, with all this money available, people are starving at alarming rates. The world now, fully classifies the last days. But there are other things I could show you that would even further stamp it, but it involves invisible men. We know they don't exist to you. But god prepares his followers for that sorta ridicule, as I just duly noted.
As far as the witness thing is concerned, I absolutely feel that is significant. Because Jehovah's witnesses are the only people giving this witness Jesus spoke about. Therefore, they are like the israelites in Is 43:10 whom Jehovah deemed were his only witnesses, due to their belief in him. If a person says they believe in Jehovah, who will you associate them with? Not the Jews, even though they claim to worship the same God. And you won't associate them withother Christian sects either, because they believe that Jesus is God, something Jesus never endorsed. So therefore, I do take that verse seriously.
Because only one group of people carry that very serious message on earth.
The multitude of examples of transitional species that I have given you are examples of tweeners. Scientists have not just classified them as human or monkey. I don't know why you continue to say this. Humans are Homo sapiens. None of those examples are Homo sapiens. And the term "kinds" does not refer to different species. It was meant as a seperation between beast and man. I think that's pretty obvious. Plus, you never answered how a perfect being that could see into the future wouldn't know that we domesticated animals, not God giving us dogs, cows, etc.
And, they are not just imaginary drawings anymore. It is a well developed science now. Scanning the skulls into 3-d computer models helps develop the models of these extinct creature's appearence. Just looking at the skulls, and the structure of the skeletons, you can tell they were not human or ape. And the millions upon millions of samples that have been tested that show life beginning long before 6,000 years ago are not all mistakes. I'm sorry. But you are wrong. And didn't it ever occur to you that if all of the species that have gone extinct, combined with all of the species that are living today, were all living at the same place at the same time (i.e. beginning of creation), that there wouldn't be any room on the planet? There are millions more species that have gone extinct than there are currently living on the planet today.
And lastly, I don't understand why you continue to say scientists just make stuff up without evidence. Being a scientist myself, I know the scrutiny involved. Scientists are an extremely skeptical bunch. It's their nature. They don't just accept something without overwhelming data and evidence to support it.
Now see, I looked up the word Homo. Comes from the latin word meaning Man, correct? So when you say homo Erectus, what you are saying is Erectus is in effect a Kind of man that once existed, correct? And when you say, they are not Homo Sapien, you mean to say, that they are not exactly like MODERN MAN, correct? That is all I have been saying as well. That even though these species are not exactly HOMO SAPIEN ( modern man ) They are Homo (man) of some Kind. This is why most scientist's will argue that chimps and Gorillas don't belong in the homo class. So all these findings of Homo species just agrees with the bible when it says every soul, according to their kinds.
Homo is the
genus that includes
modern humans and their close relatives. The genus is estimated to be about 2.5 million years old, evolving from
Australopithecine ancestors with the appearance of
Homo habilis. Appearance of
Homo coincides with the first evidence of
stone tools (the
Oldowan industry), and thus by definition with the beginning of the
Lower Paleolithic.
Extant Hominoid family tree
All species except
Homo sapiens (modern humans) are extinct.
Homo neanderthalensis, traditionally considered the last surviving relative, died out 24,000 years ago while a recent discovery suggests that another species,
Homo floresiensis, may have lived as recently as 12,000 years ago.
A minority[
citation needed] of zoologists consider that the two species of
chimpanzees (usually treated in the genus
Pan), and maybe the
gorillas (usually treated in the genus
Gorilla) should also be included in the genus based on genetic similarities. Most[
citation needed] scientists argue that chimpanzees and gorillas have too many anatomical differences between themselves and humans to be part of
Homo. Given the large number of morphological similarities exhibited,
Homo is closely related to several extinct hominin genera, most notably
Kenyanthropus,
Paranthropus and
Australopithecus. As of 2007
[update], no
taxon is universally accepted as the origin of the radiation of
Homo.
Homo is the
genus that includes
modern humans and their close relatives. The genus is estimated to be about 2.5 million years old, evolving from
Australopithecine ancestors with the appearance of
Homo habilis. Appearance of
Homo coincides with the first evidence of
stone tools (the
Oldowan industry), and thus by definition with the beginning of the
Lower Paleolithic.
Extant Hominoid family tree
All species except
Homo sapiens (modern humans) are extinct.
Homo neanderthalensis, traditionally considered the last surviving relative, died out 24,000 years ago while a recent discovery suggests that another species,
Homo floresiensis, may have lived as recently as 12,000 years ago.
A minority[
citation needed] of zoologists consider that the two species of
chimpanzees (usually treated in the genus
Pan), and maybe the
gorillas (usually treated in the genus
Gorilla) should also be included in the genus based on genetic similarities.
Most[citation needed] scientists argue that chimpanzees and gorillas have too many anatomical differences between themselves and humans to be part of Homo. Given the large number of morphological similarities exhibited,
Homo is closely related to several extinct hominin genera, most notably
Kenyanthropus,
Paranthropus and
Australopithecus. As of 2007
[update], no
taxon is universally accepted as the origin of the radiation of
Homo.