re what right joakimr ifi uio no joakim ruud writes recently i ve asked myself a rather interesting question what right does god have on our lives always assuming there is a god of course in his infinite wisdom he made it perfectly clear that if we don t live according to his rules we will burn in hell well with what right can god make that desicion let s say for the sake of argument that god creates every one of us directly or indirectly it doesn t matter what then happens is that he first creates us and then turns us lose well i didn t ask to be created i guess i ought not conclude from this then that since you didn t ask to be created you don t care if you go to hell let s make an analogue if a scientist creates a unique living creature which has happened it was even patented does he then have the right to expect it to behave in a certain matter or die who is god to impose its rules on us who can tell if god is really so righteous as god likes us to believe are all christians a flock of sheep unable to do otherwise that follow the rest i don t consider myself an unthinking sheep the bible says god created us to be in communion and obedience to him the first and only rule was to not eat of a certain tree or else the punishment is distance from him and physical death god s intention in creating us is to have a relationship with us the bible documents god s attempts to have that relationship culminating in the person of jesus to bear the consequences of all sin so that all who accept him can have a relationship with god again the purpose of creation who is god to impose rules on us he s god and he created us i suppose he has a right based on who he is above you mention in his infinite wisdom and that s what i d say god exemplifies but if you were being sarcastic up there then this whole discussion is irrelevant eh and if we believe god is infinitely wise that belief should inform our relationship with him
