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I cannot connect the belief in God and the existence of the phrase should. God is omnipotent and a higher being. The other is just a phrase that humans can decide is irrelevant and remove it from English grammar.

Go's is the ultimate being. There are no should or should not. He is the sole creator and dictator of how things run

As a Christian I understand your point of view. Saying things will happen differently is like opposing the will of God.

At school, a teacher can teach excellently well, and have many of their students perform very well, but occasionally one or two may perform so poorly that one would think they weren't taught at all.
I believe the concept is one that expresses humanity's influence in the world made by an omnipotent God, not that he did a bad job, but that we hold some cards and are actually not making the best of them.

I believe this because I know that God works in mysterious ways, and everything that seems bad will work out for the best in the end—that is, if we have the patience to wait. As a result, I share your belief that people who both acknowledge the existence of an all-powerful God

From my perspective, the idea of an all-powerful God coexisting with the concept of 'should-not-have-ness' raises intriguing questions. It suggests a tension between divine perfection and the existence of suffering or imperfection in the world. I believe that rather than viewing it as a failure on God's part, it can be seen as an opportunity for growth and understanding. Life's challenges often lead us to deeper insights and connections, highlighting the complexity of existence and the role of free will in our experiences.

For those of you who say that God is perfect and that he created a perfect world, did he really? Is this a perfect world? With a Category 4 hurricane barreling down on Florida right now and people in third-world countries starving to death because of a drought, is that a perfect world? Others say that God has a plan. Well, what is it? One said that you have to wait to find out. A lot of people that I know have waited only to die, not knowing what God's plan was for them. I don't blindly believe in anything. People have to start questioning the whys and what for and not just believe in something because someone or some religion told them to. Think for yourself, not what your religious beliefs tell you to.

I agree. When you scorn something and say you should or I should have, you are judging the free will, the free choice you have. It diminishes the choice you have. And the choices of others. And ultimately demeans the value of that person. It's the same when we attribute it to God. It's wrong and manipulative to ask someone to do something against their will because you would not want them to ask the same of you.