That is the way it is with us. We have the gift of free will. We can choose God or not. We can choose to hate or to love, to forgive or not, to accept God or not.
I just showed you that you do not have free will. I am sorry your delusion has disabled your rationality but it wasn't unexpected.
In some ways it is one of our greatest gifts but in that comes the fact that man is sinful and we end up hurting ourselves, each other and God too. It pains him.
Classic christian redefinition. "Truth" and "fact" are concepts not within their comprehension. Feel free to flagellate yourself for your supposed transgressions, however I am sin free.
Which led to my statement that God allows things to punish people. God is patient but there does come a point when he does choose to move (such as in the flood). We do not want to anger God. When He gets angry and decides to act on that we don't stand a chance. He chooses to punish when our hearts become so hard and so against Him that He has no other choice.
I suppose it'd be pointless to inform you there is no empirical evidence for a worldwide flood. You do know that every single Creationist argument has been debunked, right? Before you reply with nonsense please go look it up here to find out why you're wrong:
http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/list.htmlOne day, several years later, this guy was driving on the freeway and a large beam from a construction crew "accidentally" dropped on the front of his van instantly killing him.
I'm sorry you suffered abuse. Yes, his death was an accident. In case you hadn't noticed we all die.
God does not want to bring harm, but I think that the cries of His children does cause Him to move and He will intervene when His anger is aroused, out of His love for us.
You can't be serious... your god wants to kill every single one of us eventually. As for "intervening" Rassah paraphrased earlier:
"Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesnt care to, or he doesnt exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely." - Sam Harris