Why can't God just kill Satan

[siablo14]

2 Peter 3:8
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Ah. So He can play with time. i wonder why he sits back and allow evil deeds to take place when with the powers He has He can easily prevent them.

[Bobby Shaw]

Ah. So He can play with time. i wonder why he sits back and allow evil deeds to take place when with the powers He has He can easily prevent them.

He doesn't live under time the way we do, he lives in eternity. Also time has an element of perception. Ants view things differently from the way elephants do. They will probably be born same day and breed by the end of the day or week and die. We are also like that. To us 1000 years is a long time but to God it's not. When we say it's taking time it's like an ant saying 2 weeks is a long time but we see things differently because our life span is pretty long and 2 weeks is not really long unless you are in pain. Also children see time differently than adults.

[Bobby Shaw]

Ah. So He can play with time. i wonder why he sits back and allow evil deeds to take place when with the powers He has He can easily prevent them.

As for allowing evil deeds it's not him allowing evil deeds to happen but men. God gave the earth to men and gave them authority to have dominion. He also asks men to pray for all men, for those in authority so we can live a peaceful life. We have also authority over the devil and his demons and all manner of sickness. Any failure on earth is not because God has failed but men have failed. E.g most people complaining about God have not accepted Christ as their saviour and God can not force himself in their life. You also have those who call him Lord but don't even have faith in him and doubt. It is this doubt that makes God's power look like it's non existent.

[siablo14]

He doesn't live under time the way we do, he lives in eternity. Also time has an element of perception. Ants view things differently from the way elephants do. They will probably be born same day and breed by the end of the day or week and die. We are also like that. To us 1000 years is a long time but to God it's not. When we say it's taking time it's like an ant saying 2 weeks is a long time but we see things differently because our life span is pretty long and 2 weeks is not really long unless you are in pain. Also children see time differently than adults.

Misery is misery no matter the length of time?

[siablo14]

As for allowing evil deeds it's not him allowing evil deeds to happen but men. God gave the earth to men and gave them authority to have dominion. He also asks men to pray for all men, for those in authority so we can live a peaceful life. We have also authority over the devil and his demons and all manner of sickness. Any failure on earth is not because God has failed but men have failed. E.g most people complaining about God have not accepted Christ as their saviour and God can not force himself in their life. You also have those who call him Lord but don't even have faith in him and doubt. It is this doubt that makes God's power look like it's non existent.

God knows the past before it happens, right?

So he knows the evil someone will do before he creates them, right?

[Bobby Shaw]

God knows the past before it happens, right?

So he knows the evil someone will do before he creates them, right?

He knows the end from the beginning but he has given men freewill. He has not created robots. For his own he always makes a way of escape.

[siablo14]

He knows the end from the beginning but he has given men freewill. He has not created robots. For his own he always makes a way of escape.

Before He creates a person He knows what they will go on to do, right?

[Bobby Shaw]

Before He creates a person He knows what they will go on to do, right?

It's called fore knowledge as someone who lives in eternity he sees the whole picture.

[GGG Gloveking]

Okay. Just wait until the harsher effects of climate change show up.
But you probably don't believe in that, eh?
Plus you Americans probably won't be the ones feeling the harshest effects.

The fact that climate change is cyclical is contrary to the law of entropy. Things should be tending toward randomness, rather than continuing to advance.

Rather than becoming a more advanced civilization, we should he getting closer to particles of dust and unusable heat.

[siablo14]

It's called fore knowledge as someone who lives in eternity he sees the whole picture.

Okay. So why does He go ahead and create a person who will go on to do terrible deeds?