Questions about god and his end game in all this?

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So I am not religious. I was raised in a Lutheran home but left the church as soon as I could(after high school). Time to time I try to "believe" again, however I just don't understand the big picture of what this supposed God is trying to accomplish. People call him forgiving, yet he has been punishing the human race for Adam and eve's bad decisions so it doesn't add up to me. He's forgiving, but thinks every human being needs to serve him and believe in him for eternity and pay the price for a bunch of whack heads thousands of years ago putting his son on the cross. For what purpose? To feed his ego? Why does he need to judge every human at the end of a life that he forced them to begin in the first place? I'm not trying to bash God or any religions, that's not the purpose of this post but can anyone give me some input? I'm sure I'm not the only one that has asked these questions...right?

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I never understood the importance to him to be worshiped. It seems narcissistic and vain, which is a sin. He's also wrathful, which is a sin. He's killed soooo many people, many of which were innocent. Which is a sin. He just seems really hypocritical to me.

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So your questions touch on a LOT of deep, theological concepts in Christianity. God's holiness (and what that means), man's sinfulness (and what is sin...why is something sinful), grace, God's sovereignty, and man's true purpose. These questions are addressed in Christian theology, but social media platforms honestly aren't the best place for you to get your answers. These discussions can be quite lengthy, both as you ask questions and as someone responds, generating more questions. If you seriously want to know the theology behind these questions, I would suggest checking out some resources like www.ligonier.org or desiringgod.org. Both of these sites have a ton of theological teaching and is searchable by keyword or topic.

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So god is not a mystery. So when people say “god works in mysterious ways” it’s just.. not true. There a big ole book explaining why he does the things he does. Its a very intricate book so just by skimming or hearing about the stories won’t get you the big picture. Studying each chapter will only give you the puzzle pieces. But when Adam and Eve disobeyed god they were pretty much telling him “hey we don’t need you. Were good on our own”. By god not intervening he’s showing humans just how much we need him. We live in a world ruled by the devil and ruled by ourselves and it sucks but once the world is wiped of evil and we can live on paradise earth like originally intended no one can ever say “hey maybe we shouldnt go by this guys rules. We don’t need a ruler” because we are living proof that.. yes we do need a ruler.

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You're forgiven for your sins so you may dwell in the kingdom of heaven and have everlasting life and not be apart from God. 
But only if you want it. So unless you seek it out and accept Christ. There is no forcing it. 
To your other question about why bad stuff happens basically. I guess it depends on how you think God should be. If you believe God should never let anything bad happen to anyone ever then that's okay but that is not the Christian God. We have free will to choose and sometimes bad things happen from our choices. And sometimes bad things happen through no fault of our own. 
Coming to Christ is about living your life with God and ever growing to be more christ like. Not about living the perfect risk free super fun never anything bad happen to you life.

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You’ve got a lot of opinions here, but if you don’t mind one more, I’d like to start with the big picture and go from there. 
First, your questions are incredibly significant and natural for one who thinks even a little bit about the idea of God, so I’m happy you asked. 
As for God’s big picture, I think it could be summed up by saying that God wants to reconcile all of creation to Himself and put everything into perfect harmony. That’s what we see at the end of Revelation and that’s always been what anyone talking about the end has said of God. Everything in harmony and true shalom once again. 
If you care to continue reading, I put the rest in my comments.

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I don't think a God with an ego would send His only child to die the most brutal death for us.  
Although I don't understand everything it started with Lucifer leaving heaven. 
Hell was created for Lucifer. 
It was made really easy for us just to believe in God.   It's not suppose to be  complicated.
The choice is ours bc of free will.
A choice has to be made bc satan is as real as God. 
It really is entirely mind blowing everything when you really think about it.
Im so glad you have ?s and want to understand. 
Im sure there's amazing books out there that give good explanations to many ?s.
God bless💗

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I don’t care if people believe in God at all or not, so don’t take this as me trying to convert you. 
 I’m not sure you’ve understood the crucifixion story though. Its the exact opposite. No one is expected to be punished for it. It was an act of sacrifice so we could be given the grace of forgiveness for whatever fucked up things we do in life.

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Well you’re blaming everything on Adam and Eve that’s where your confusion is coming in. The human race has been doing awful things since the beginning of times and that’s what we’re paying for. We’re paying for our own sins. I also am not fully Christian so I don’t want to add my own input and sound ridiculous because I believe in what the Buddhist teach to a certain extent. But from my understanding you’re giving a choice in life and you can either stay out in the world and accomplish nothing or follow his path and end up with everlasting happiness. It’s not going to be a easy path because there’s always going to be demons trying to knock you down but at the end it definitely should be a path worth all the struggles and efforts.

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God just wants us to be good people. He forgives us when we've done something wrong. Since God is all-knowing, he can judge character and tell whether a person is truly good or evil. Humans are imperfect because God does not want a bunch of worship robots. He gave us free will and intellect so that we could choose to love him or not. The reason we choose to love and praise God is because we believe that he provides all good in the world and all things in general. Every breath in my lungs is only there because God wills it, so I am really really grateful that God provides me with life and opportunities. He's not punishing us for Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve screwed up and so we are born with a sort of "stain" from their sin which is washed away at baptism if someone chooses to follow God. I'm not sure what view of God has been presented to you, but the God that I believe in is not as cruel as the one you are portraying.

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