Since God is eternal and has always been , why did he wait so long to create man .?
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Firebrand
ANSWERS: 27
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I think it has something to do with fact that he is not real...just a guess..hehe
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If I thought he was real, I don't know. Do you think he got bored doing nothing?
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Well, he might not of waited; he may of created similar creatures on another planet, do we know?
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I like to think he made a few universes populated by other weird unimaginable creatures first, then got bored with them, erased them and started over with us. When he gets bored of us he will erase us and start over with a universe full of walking tulips.
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In eternity, time doesn't exist, so "Why did he wait so long?" is a meaningless question! I suspect it was God who invented time, for our benefit - He's outside of time - if that's the proper definition of being eternal. A good question, even if it is meaningless... :):):) Even better, ask Him who He is. He's waiting for you to get to know Him - even if He is eternal. ...And THAT'S a real paradox!
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He was having an extended tea-break.
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It took him a long time to make the big bang and create the solar system. He wanted everything to be perfect...er sorta perfect, he planned out what we do, like how right now im answering this question.
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he first had to make the entire universe
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Personally I think he did get bored and along we came so he could play with us like a General playing battles with his toy soldiers. Organising our lives gives him something to do and when he is feeling a bit grouchy he gives us all a hard time . Then Tthe sun comes out he lets us bask in his glory to get over the trouble he has put us through.
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That question can only be answered by God and most likeley the answer is beyond human understanding...
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Maybe, he thought we would ruin the beautiful planet he created or maybe he thought we would butcher one another in wars and violent crimes or rape and kill our children. Maybe he was having a second thought but gave us the benefit of the doubt. The question is, should he have made us a little different .... (my opinion only, sorry if it offends)
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if god lives forever and has infinite life therefor has infinit patience, time is only there to keep everything from happening at once.
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Evolution people...
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He was "waiting for the spirit to move" yuk yuk yuk.
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Oh, also, there are many cultures that have a creation story... it is usually preceded by a Oops, that wasn't supposed to happen creation story, where the deity tried and tried and tried until the work was perfected. See the Gnostics for a particularly interesting version of this.
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the plans had to pass the Building Department
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maybe he wanted to relax and enjoy life first.
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We don't know He did. It matters not when He did for all that matters is that He did.
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where did god get the 'materials' to create anything in the first place?
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Since the bible says that 1000 years are like a watch in the night to the Lord, maybe it wasn't so long for him. Maybe he was planning. I don't know. I'm sure he'll tell us one day.
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He had to wait for the earth to evolve to the point that humans would survive on this planet. If humans were here during the time of the dinosaures, we wouldn't of lasted very long. We had to come along at a time when we would be the dominate species to rule the planet.
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Who says He waited? Man is eternal, too; we just didn’t have spiritual bodies (much less their physical counterparts) until God made them. Besides, we’re not the first planet inhabited by His children, so there’s really no reason to think He waited at all. HTH!
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Construction during the first part of the week kept him busy.
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In order to bake a cake from scratch, first you have to create a universe. That takes time.
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Well it doesn't matter when he did, exactly. If he is eternal, then no matter when he invented us, he'd already been around for an eternity...
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Who says we were his first sentient creation? It took evolution a long time to be ready for us.
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Maybe God first wanted to play with dinosaurs? ;-)
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