The design of everything

THE UNIVERSE IS SECOND CLASS

There are two ways
in which the universe is second class.

      1)  Structurally:
                 The universe is less complex than Heaven
                 hence worse than Heaven.

      2)  Functionally:
                 The universe is more complex than Heaven
                 but in ways that make it worse than Heaven:

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                             Here, every person does both right
                             and
                             wrong:
                                         where right sometimes includes bad

                                         and
                                         wrong sometimes includes good.

                             Even nature is a mixture of both:
                                         constructive (good) things & processes
                                         and
                                         destructive (bad) things & processes.

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,                                               See earlier section: GOOD & BAD, RIGHT & WRONG, , , ,

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WHY IS THE UNIVERSE SECOND CLASS?

 

Technically: the universe is second class because:

            If there were Heaven but no Hell,
            so that everyone ends up in Heaven,
            then we could rightly complain about:
                       being in this second class place
                       while we’re waiting for the first class place.

            But there is a Hell,
            and we don’t all go to Heaven.

 

            Indeed, we made God make the universe second class
            before he’d even made us.
,                  Perhaps see later section:
,                  IT’S BECAUSE OF US
                   THAT GOD IS THREE PERSONS.


                       God knew, before he’d made us,
                       that it wouldn’t be long
                       before we listened to Satan & obeyed him.
,                                      Perhaps see all sections under later title:
,                                      THE TWO BASIC KINDS OF SINS: SPIRITUAL SINS & NATURAL SINS.,,,,,,,


                       So what would be the point of God making
                       a perfect universe
                       then having to downgrade it soon afterwards
                       because of our actions?

,,        ,,        ,,        ,,        Indeed, God wouldn’t be able to downgrade it soon afterwards.
,,        ,,        ,,        ,,        Perhaps see earlier section:
,,        ,,        ,,        ,,        COMMANDS THAT INVOLVE THIS SECOND DIMENSION.,,,,,

 

This place is merely temporary:

            A breeding ground:
                        Gen c1 v28: ctd … and God said unto them,
                        Be fruitful, and multiply … ctd   KJV

                        Matt c22 v30    Mark c12 v25    Luke c20 v27-36:
                        We won’t breed in the next life.   my abbn

            And a testing ground:
                 o    To see whether you do good or do bad
                       and why you do it.   (Judgment)
,,        ,         ,         ,         Perhaps see later section:
, ,       ,         ,         ,         REGARDING JUDGMENT: GOD ALSO CONSIDERS MOTIVES.,,,


                  o    To see whether you want the righteousness
                       that Jesus’ crucifixion gave to all of us   (Forgiveness)
                       or
                       whether you want to keep
                       your own righteousness.

,         ,         ,         ,         More about Judgment & Forgiveness later.

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Biblically: the universe is second class
because of the reasons given in:

            Last cell but one (starting However: What do the real etc)
            of earlier section: TREAT THE BIBLICAL ADAM & EVE AS REAL.

            Earlier section:
            THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN.

            Later section:
            THE FIRST SIN.

            Earlier section:
            SO, WHERE DO TODAY’S BAD THINGS COME FROM?
            and perhaps the rest of that webpage.

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IN WHAT WAYS
DID GOD MAKE THE UNIVERSE SECOND CLASS?

 

In the universe
there is bad as well as good
Perhaps see earlier section: GOOD & BAD, RIGHT & WRONG.

as shown by the following:

      a)   Here, every creature dies
            and eventually turns to dust.
            Even every thing eventually turns to dust.

      b)  Death means that only species that reproduce
            will endure.

      c)   Reproduction causes not only:
                       endurance of a specie
            but also:
                       increase in number of a specie.

      d)  Increase in numbers, on a planet of finite size,
            eventually causes competition between:
                       members of the same specie,
            and:
                       members of different species.

      e)   We are eternal
            yet we are made of the same material as animals:

                       Hence we are in competition with each other
                        and with many animals.

                       Hence for us (and for animals)
                       this place has become a place of limited resources.

      f)   We are made of the same material as animals.
            Yet we are eternal.
            Hence:
                       we added:  justice
                       to:  the law of the jungle
                       to make it:  the ways of the world.

 

For us humans,
items a) to f) create the possibility of:
            1)  theft    of: possessions, services, time, life, limb, spouse, etc
            2) therefore justice    human justice and God’s Justice,
            3) therefore forgiveness    human forgiveness and God’s Forgiveness.

 

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Or, to put it another way:
 
God designed
the material of the universe, hence of nature:
            & hence the flesh & souls of animals
            & hence the flesh & souls of humans
,         ,       (though not the spirits(cores) of humans)
to have concentric circles of selfishness:
            inner circle        an animal             you
            midway circle   related animals    your family/friends
            outer circle        pack/flock/herd   your group/nation/bloc.

,                  Perhaps also see earlier section:
               THE ORIGINS OF: PAIN & PLEASURE
,,     ,,     AND FEAR & ATTRACTION, , , ,

 

As I say: we are not only flesh, we are also eternal.

Hence our selfish behaviour
can be different from
animals’ selfish behaviour.

Our selfish behaviour can be:
            ruinous pride – for no logical reason
            ruinous vanity – for no logical reason
            ruinous self-pity – for what you’ve never had (enough of)
            etc.

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THE KEYWORD IS CONTEXT

 

      a)   Fundamentally, God is only constructive,
            only good, he only loves.

      b)  God can see that a painful Hell
            will not improve those who go there.

      a) & b) mean that:
            God will not make Hell
            a place of pain & punishment.

 

However, God:
      x)  made us out of the temporary material of the universe,
            designed our flesh & souls to be selfish
,                  Perhaps see: previous section.,,,

      y)   yet also made us eternal
      z)   and Jesus, God the Son, did say
            that Hell will be a place of pain & punishment.

x) and y) make possible:
            1)  theft    of: possessions, services, time, life, limb, spouse, etc
            2) therefore justice    human justice and God’s Justice,
            3) therefore forgiveness    human forgiveness and God’s Forgiveness.

1) 2) & 3)
            make a context
            into which z) can be put.

 

I.E. God designed theft, justice, & forgiveness, into the universe
so that we all, even the wicked,
can comprehend the existence of:

            a destiny, Hell,
            that would otherwise seem
            too bad, too illogical, to be true.

            a destiny, Heaven,
            that would otherwise seem
            a place we shouldn’t have to wait for.

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            I reckon that Jesus said that Hell will be a:
                       fire-burns-bodies
                        and
                       worms-eat-bodies
            kind of punishment:
                       Matt c3 v12    Matt c5 v22    Matt c13 v40-42    Matt c13 v49-50.
                           Matt c18 v8-9    Matt c25 v41   *Mark c9 v43-48    Luke c3 v17.
,                                      I reckon Mark c9 v44 & 46* are forged.
,                                      Perhaps see earlier section/webpage: BIBLE VERSES THAT I OMIT.

            because the technically correct description of Hell
,                                      See earlier section:
,                                      THE ORIGINS OF: PAIN & PLEASURE AND FEAR & ATTRACTION
,                                      and, immediately after it:
,                                      WE ARE PLAYGROUNDS, , , ,

            does not convey pain,

            whereas, even though fire & worms
            are only symbolic,
                       (the fire would kill the worms,
                       a fire would eventually go out)
            they do convey pain.

 

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