"Tracy Johnson" <tljohnson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Sharpe Fan wrote:
>
>> My problem is God knew what would happen because of his request and
>> Joan acted on it not knowing, but trusting him.
>>
>> Since God lied, by omission, He took away her free will.
>
> God didn't lie. By omission or otherwise. He asked something of Joan.
> She had free will to say NO, I won't pick up the trash. She chose to
> obey Him, which she usually does (with some occasional kicking,
> granted).
>
> You're upset because she chose to obey Him in an instance where the
> direct result in Joan's life was not positive. But this is no different
> than any other time He has asked Joan to do something and she has
> CHOSEN whether to do it or not, and then has had direct positive
> results from it -- or, at least, neutral results. In either case, she
> has a choice. In either case, God uses whatever happens to benefit Joan
> and others -- even if, as this episode attempted to demonstrate, those
> results aren't immediately apparent.
>
> Tracy
No my problem is not that the "direct result in Joan's life was not
positive". It is that He lied by omission. He has asked to do things
that
hurt her in the short run, for example when He told her to drop out of the
protest and re-take the test she was accused of cheating on. I didn't
like
that either (but for different reasons), but Joan followed His request.
God
asked her to pick up the trash because it was a safety hazard (Someone
could
slip). God knew the really consequences of that action but deliberately
mislead her. If He had asked her to pick up the and told her the reason
was
He wanted her to get community service, I would have no problem.
Sharpe Fan
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