You have the freedom of choice to intentionally smash your thumb with a hammer. If you do it, it doesn't hurt God in the least, except that he might feel sorry for you in your stupidity. If you are living in a time or place that doesn't have bandages, God might even supply you with some material that you can use to bandage your thumb.
When God provides materials in nature so that you can fix your smashed thumb, how is it that you don't naturally want to at least thank Him?
When God provides materials in nature so that you can fix your smashed thumb, how is it that you don't naturally want to at least thank Him?
Does stupidity really apply to people? I am always skeptical about that. I think the word "stupid" is just a metaphor. Humans are naturally smart--genius even.
You said that God wouldn't be hurt in the least? (when did He ever said He wouldn't?) And here I thought God created humans according to his own image(?), hence makes His creations a replication of Himself. And therefore if His people get hurt, He will as well. After all, who wouldn't be hurt if your creation is being crushed? To sum it up, He shouldn't, wouldn't even let His people smash their own thumbs.
So you really are fixated that everything happened in your life is in this so-called "God's plan"?
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When we talk about Jesus... Jesus is God's way of providing materials for you to bandage your broken life. If you don't want to accept salvation, okay. No skin off God's nose. He'll simply stop feeling sorry for you in your stupid state, if you are unwilling to fix yourself with the salvation that He provides.
Just because some people (e.g. me) does not have the same ideals as you are, makes them "stupid". And when did God became a "tyrant"? I am starting to think that, those are your words, not His.
Well, of course people are genius in the way they are built. But the question is, when is it stupid to show stupidity, and when is it genius to show stupidity?
Some people don't know that God isn't really affected within His essence by what we do. But at the raising of Lazarus, Jesus wept. I don't think He was weeping insincerely.
What does God making man in His image have to do with us? After all, man threw God's image away when mankind sinned in the Garden, by eating the apple.
You don't really need to learn what is happening in life before you can ask meaningless questions. Why not? Because, it's much easier to ask meaningless questions when you don't know what's going on.
