Man of God

Here's the full text of the email I sent to Pastor Ronald Cody:

"Dear Pastor Cody

I recently converted to Christianity because I'd been hearing a lot about Hell and I don't want to go there after I die. However there's one thing that still confuses me about a certain fundamental tenet of our faith.

From what I understand God is not only omnipotent, but also omniscient and omnipresent. But I've also heard that God, after creating Adam and Eve told them not to eat the fruit of a certain tree, but that they did eat the fruit and that's why many people now have to go to hell.

So my question is: if God knows everything, including everything that's going to happen, why did He give Adam an instruction that he knew Adam was going to disobey?"

And Pastor Cody's full video is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt9cqhQ_mFQ

The other videos on his channel are also worth checking out:
http://www.youtube.com/user/GlorifiedTruth

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[1GodOnlyOne]

If he was sarcastic, it's probably because he detected your dishonesty in claiming to be a "Christian," which you obviously are not.

Be careful what you present to the world -- it may come right back at you, as it did in this case.

atheist total fail

[somegreybloke]

@1GodOnlyOne I just watched your video on How To "Handle" Atheists. Very good advice; I assume you'll have no objection to me following it in your case. Bye.

[PatatatangaG]

If you think about it, the only reason Adam and Eve procreated was because of them disobeying God, and hence sinning, but if they hadn't done that, then none of us would be here now, because there would have been no sin, and hence they would have been the only humans to have ever existed....

We should all be thanking them really. (Of course, this is if you believe in the story).

[Thespeed10101]

@somegreybloke is he acting or is he serious because if it serious it makes it funneyer

[AdmiralNelsification]

Loved the video, made me laugh at the ignorance some people display when presented with something that directly challenges their beleifs. The guy pissed me off over how excited he got in his answer, he's talking directly to closed minded people in an effort to direct their attention away from the logic in your question. Keep it up grey bloke :D

[salimras123]

more than the average theist that we reject beliefs in such dogma. With that, I bid you adieu. If you are willing to bring new content into this debate (instead of the same old, recycled garbage used by the dozens of Christians and Muslims I've talked to), I will be happy to continue this discussion. Hey, I might even PM you my email address where we can have a lengthy chat about this over instant messaging.

Until you have anything new to bring me, I shall not reply. Adieu.

[salimras123]

A Christian pastor can just as easily ask an impressionable child to "look into his heart to find God", and then proceed to convince him that the God of the Bible is the one true God. I've done tons of research on theology and I find that no particular religion holds any more truth than any other, particularly the Abrahamic religions, and Islam is no exception.

You might think all kafirs (non-believers) are blind and deaf, but I beg to differ. I think it is because us kafirs know so much...

[salimras123]

A Christian pastor can just as easily ask an impressionable child to "look into his heart to find God", and then proceed to convince him that the God of the Bible is the one true God. I've done tons of research on theology and I find that no particular religion holds any more truth than any other, particularly the Abrahamic religions, and Islam is no exception.

You might think all kafirs (non-believers) are blind and deaf, but I beg to differ. I think it is because us kafirs know so much...

[salimras123]

@sadikisfendiyaroglu What you're arguing has been a philosophical assertion used by many thinkers many millenniums ago. It's very weak, because the anthropic principle is also compatible with Deism and all of theism. No particular reason to choose Allah over any other god.

Truth lies in empirical evidence and facts, not intuition. The world we live in can be very intuitiveness. Nature can act in very, very unexpected ways. Thus, you cannot "find the truth" just by meditating upon questions.

[sadikisfendiyaroglu]

@salimras123 it is simply clear that u dont know arabic, and heart lots of anti-islamic made up stories... at the same time r u sure u know the life of the the last prophet peace be upon him? I am not asking u to become a muslim, but please do not talk with out knowledge, just seek the knowledge of truth within ur heart.

I just want to ask a simply question to u why man is alive on earth tho what is the purpose of this life? please try to asnwer this question in ur heart and logic.

[salimras123]

@sadikisfendiyaroglu Ha I don't even know where to start.

I'll just name some examples I can recall spontaneously.

The Qur'an claims that:

Humans form from a clot of blood,

Semen comes from the backbone,

The sun goes to a "resting place" after it sets,

The earth is flat (spread out like a carpet),

There is NO compulsion to become a Muslim, but then it contradicts itself by describing unbelievers as deceitful and orders you to fight them.

And that's just a few factual/logical inaccuracies...

[sadikisfendiyaroglu]

@salimras123 as I told before the man is free to decide but gonna be judged on behalf of those decisions.

Could you please tell me if this is not offensive to u, what u have found in the Qur'an was against to u tho u left the Islam.

For me Qur'an is the anti-virus software of my life all praises to the Almighty.

[salimras123]

@sadikisfendiyaroglu That is actually very good advice, especially for Muslims who blindly believe whatever their religious teachers and leaders tell them. I was a Muslim myself until I actually took the time to read what was inside it. It took me a long time to accept that the Qur'an is not perfect, and I am an atheist now.

Same thing for the Bible. If more believers read their holy books (especially Jews, Muslims and Christians) they would have less, not more, faith in their deity.