If god is everything, doesn't that make him evil as well as good?

[Nightshade]

English term from the greek word christos meaning the anointed one. (chosen one type of thing)

So I was right Messiah means that too

Edit: Ok my sister just gave me the etamological breakdown Im wrong Mesiah ( the arbic one) comes from some arabic root word or other and means the sent one...

[mazHur]

Beverly S
The bible says that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. Only Satan is pure evil and he became that way because he chose to rebel against God.

How beautifully Beverly has stated the gist of the matter! I have but to agree with her completely.

[weepingforloman]

In a plane crash all die but one. We say it was a miracle which saved the survivor. How do you explain that? Why did 99 percent of the passengers die??

All the world is a miracle. If we take exercising of divine power to be a miracle, then the very fact that the world exists is a miracle.
Why did the other passengers die? Probably because they took impact in a different way than the survivor. Sometimes there is no greater "why," just that God made matter in a certain way, and did not intervene to save someone in this case.

[mazHur]

there could atleast be two reasons for the the survivor single after the plane crash:
1. related to matter
2. related to soul or spirit

Ordinarily, only the first comes to the 'science-ridden' mind and that sounds fair enough though arguable.

The second aspect or cause of tragedy or miracle is only believed by those who believe in miracles or the world of the soul or spirit.

It is commonly observed that people (and even animals) don't feel the same way under all circumstances. For example, some people can endure hardships and pain comparatively more than others. Some experience 'fear' more than others; some startle even at the strong beat of their heart or at the gust of wind whereas others don't. What I mean to stress is that more often people die of how poorly they respond or react to matters related to their spirituals or soul and thus suffer accordingly. There have been reports of people dying of hear failure at the news of a loss, (such as the stock market crash,) which fate so many others didn't suffer. Some faint at the sight of a gheko or a rat, others don't bother. All the abstract feelings as they are called are infact unseen and yet un-exploited mysteries of nature that play their vital role in determining the destinies of people, including those who died and the one who came out alive. Matter alone is mere dust.

[Pendragon]

A miracle is a sudden change for which there is no reasonable explanation. For example, I had ulcers very badly, which showed clearly on x-rays with that nasty chalk stuff. I was prayed for and healed. The next x-rays were clean. The Doctor was shocked and said he didn't know what happened, but it must have be a miracle. The evidence was there.

God Bless

Pen

[Niamh]

So I was right Messiah means that too

Edit: Ok my sister just gave me the etamological breakdown Im wrong Mesiah ( the arbic one) comes from some arabic root word or other and means the sent one...

Maybe he is Jesus christ the Messiah because he was the anointed one sent by god!

[mazHur]

Maybe he is Jesus christ the Messiah because he was the anointed one sent by god!

Messeeh in Arabic means Christian, so Messiah is Saviour of Mankind who is none other than Jesus.

[Nightshade]

Actually Messeh is the word used to indicate christians it means followers of the Messiah or if you were to directly transalte it it means Messiah-ians.

[mazHur]

thanks, that's right

[weepingforloman]

there could atleast be two reasons for the the survivor single after the plane crash:
1. related to matter
2. related to soul or spirit

Ordinarily, only the first comes to the 'science-ridden' mind and that sounds fair enough though arguable.

The second aspect or cause of tragedy or miracle is only believed by those who believe in miracles or the world of the soul or spirit.

It is commonly observed that people (and even animals) don't feel the same way under all circumstances. For example, some people can endure hardships and pain comparatively more than others. Some experience 'fear' more than others; some startle even at the strong beat of their heart or at the gust of wind whereas others don't. What I mean to stress is that more often people die of how poorly they respond or react to matters related to their spirituals or soul and thus suffer accordingly. There have been reports of people dying of hear failure at the news of a loss, (such as the stock market crash,) which fate so many others didn't suffer. Some faint at the sight of a gheko or a rat, others don't bother. All the abstract feelings as they are called are infact unseen and yet un-exploited mysteries of nature that play their vital role in determining the destinies of people, including those who died and the one who came out alive. Matter alone is mere dust.

I have to disagree with you that matter is "mere dust." Did not God create it?
And, of course, we Christians believe that God became matter. Please don't disparage it.
However, I am well aware that people react in different ways to the same stimulus- but that is not grounds for a miracle. The reactions of men are governed to a certain extent by naturally occuring chemicals in the brain, and also by the exercise of will. Miracle means something which is beyond nature, which accelerates, slows, or changes the normal workings of matter- water to wine is a process that occurs in nature at a much slower pace, God caused the sun to hang in the sky (stopped the rotation of the earth) for the Israelites, and He raised Christ from the dead, changing the normal processes of nature.

[hellsapoppin]

god kills:

http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot....od-killed.html


a great biblical re-cap of all of his killings


Old Testament: the lord kills whomever he pleaseth - I Samuel 2:6

[mazHur]

God is a Giver as well as Taker. It does not mean He kills. It's just like saying that because the government takes taxes from us therefore the govt is evil. No.
Similarly, if a convict is hanged you cant say that the executioner acted evilly.
By your quote it is simple to understand that the one who can give life can also take it away !
there seems to be toooo much dwindling unbelief ,,,,,,,,,!

[Pendragon]

god kills:

http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot....od-killed.html


a great biblical re-cap of all of his killings


Old Testament: the lord kills whomever he pleaseth - I Samuel 2:6

A common sense look at things, Popeye. from fellow cartoon character Pogp Possum: "Don't take life seriously son, it ain't nohow permanent" In other words life is always fatal. In this world!

God Bless

Pen

[hellsapoppin]

``it is simple to understand that the one who can give life can also take it away ! ``


I suppose that means that parents can commit infanticide without facing consequences.

[mazHur]

``it is simple to understand that the one who can give life can also take it away ! ``


I suppose that means that parents can commit infanticide without facing consequences.

Wrong example! Parents dont give life --they just 'bear' children. It's only God who gives life and we hold it in 'trust' until He takes it back........

Take the example of a moneylender,an employer, tax department, the government,,,,,all of these 'give' you but also 'take ' in return. Give and Take always go together,,,,,