I just don't understand this statement at all. If what we see around us is proof of a designer then why is the designer now intent on destroying his design?.... Did he get it wrong?
The destroyers are mankind.
This is what free will is. Some chose evil, others don't.
Regardless of what choices are made, all will be brought to account in the end. No one is escaping justice. Not Netanyahu, not Jeffery Epstein. No one, as everything we do and say is being recorded and God has a perfect record.
What is this life but a test?
It's not that I find it irrelevant, it just doesn't make any sense to me. Why would a God punish his own creations by installing a senile criminal to rule over them before killing most people off anyway? Don't you think that's a bit sick? It's the same as a murderer torturing his victim for years before finally executing them.
We get what we deserve. Let's just take a look at the 10 commandments for a moment.
1st, how many are setting up partners with God? How many worship money, women and their own desires? 70% of the planet minimum.
2nd, Idols are everywhere, even amongst alleged monotheists.
3rd, blasphemy is like drinking water in the west. Extremely common. I often hear Christians say you can abuse Jesus because that's your right to free speech.
4th, Churches are empty, even on Sundays.
5th, kids these days are highly disrespectful and at all ages. Doesn't matter if they're a know-it-all 16-year-old or someone whose ready to put their parents into a home because he feels entitled.
6th, killing is at an all-time high and is only increasing.
7th, fornication is more common than sand these days.
8th, I know many thieves personally. Not to mention being ruled by them across the globe.
9th, we both know people lie a dozen times a day, every day.
10th, these are the days with keeping up with the Jones. If they get a BMW, I have to have a Tesla.
The 10 commandments are
the basics of the basics, and even many Christians mostly ignore them these days.
When so many (and we're talking about 80% of the planet if not 90) are in defiance of God's commands, how good of a life do you expect to get?
God has control of every atom, but when's the last time you said thanks for your daily bread? People don't even bow their heads at dinner anymore. I know you're an atheist, but of all the Christians I know, none of them says the Lord's prayer before dinner. God is largely forgotten, especially in the west.
Our rulers are the worst of us because we have strayed far from what God has commanded.
I agree with you here but there are a few reasons why society is degrading that you cannot discount. You have to factor in the cumulative effects of chem trails, toxins in our food and water, poisonous "medicines", constant mind bending propaganda and keeping people in a perpetual state of fear.
All of the above are the results of living breathing psychotic people who have a serious desire to control all the people they don't kill.
I think saying this is all God's plan just allows these psycopaths to continue unhindered. Do you get what I'm saying?
It's all a sign of the times. The closer we get to the end, the worse it's going to get.
We are practically in free fall atm. You don't even have to go back 30 years to see massive changes. For example, there wasn't any naked 70-year-old men shaking their junk in front of kids during parades when I was a child.
As bad as the world is, for the most part we have brought it on ourselves.
