According to the Bible, you get on God's side when you following Him.
I see it as trying to figure out (through prayer, reading Scripture) how God designed us, and this world, and trying to follow that design, recognizing that God designed it all perfectly. Sin is our not following His intended design. And, like not treating a car engine as it was designed, sin leads to problems. Problems that wouldn't be otherwise.
recognizing that God designed it all perfectly.
This is where my faith fails me every time. Something is going on here.
I believe in God 100%, I just cannot believe that he is Good. There is too much weird, Evil shit going on. I always have this weird feeling something is playing a trick on me and wants everyone to suffer. I do not want consciousness and reject the premise that Free Will is a gift. The act of Creation strikes me as intrinsically Evil. I don't trust any of it.
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