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Originally Posted by CompleteDegen
Not very often, which is why it would be a significant piece of evidence for the veracity of Christianity if God put into each sincere believer the identical truth. Why does God want so many people to teach falsely in his name? Only one group can be right.
As I said, perhaps you too are using the wrong methods.
God gave us free will.
If people didn't have some diversity in their thinking then how would we progress on as wide a scope as we have?
Wouldn't we all just be clones?
There's room for growth built into the human species though. Our brains even contain plasticity.
I don't know why universalism is so impossible.
Genesis 8 (NIV):
The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And
never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
22 “As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.”
Did the LORD say "never"? Of course, the human race is a different story. It's got nuclear weapons to play around with. Aren't we clever? Can it really be wonderful to repose our faith in the human race with its' track record?