Yes, and it can be argued that God makes us live an earthly life before we go to heaven for exactly the purpose of understand strife and hardship so we can understand and appreciate heaven.
I should say I’m not religious nor am I anything close to an expert on theology.
Do you give your kids everything they ever want? Do you never have to force your kids into doing things they don’t like, such as long journeys or school or brushing their teeth?
I remember when my parents took me camping too. It actually did indeed make me appreciate modern creature comforts more and gave me a healthy appreciation for camping/wilderness/nature, oddly enough.
Not that any discussion of theology makes any logical sense, but then why did angels get a pass? They have free will, they do not suffer or have evil and they live for eternity in heaven. Are they somehow… deficient because they didn’t get a turn on a hellish Earth? Did God figure out he made a mistake doing it that way and switch to the Crucible Version? Oh, there’s that pesky lack of omnipotence again.
Yes, and it can be argued that God makes us live an earthly life before we go to heaven for exactly the purpose of understand strife and hardship so we can understand and appreciate heaven.
I should say I’m not religious nor am I anything close to an expert on theology.
Makes perfect sense. I make my kids sleep outside 2 days a week so they can appreciate the warm home I provide them
Do you give your kids everything they ever want? Do you never have to force your kids into doing things they don’t like, such as long journeys or school or brushing their teeth?
Builds character. And Lyme’s disease.
I remember when my parents took me camping too. It actually did indeed make me appreciate modern creature comforts more and gave me a healthy appreciation for camping/wilderness/nature, oddly enough.
Evil doesn’t exist so clearly you are an excellent parent
It can also be argued that bronze age peasants made this shit up because they were afraid of thunderstorms
Not that any discussion of theology makes any logical sense, but then why did angels get a pass? They have free will, they do not suffer or have evil and they live for eternity in heaven. Are they somehow… deficient because they didn’t get a turn on a hellish Earth? Did God figure out he made a mistake doing it that way and switch to the Crucible Version? Oh, there’s that pesky lack of omnipotence again.