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I am proud of how I look, yet I do not look down on others.
I do ask why a god would make someone not attractive and socially inept so that they have problems finding a partner. Is that also part of your gods divine plan?
Why is OP drawing the line at elective cosmetic surgery? Why not include all surgery? Why not include prosthetic limbs?
After all, isn’t it all god’s design for people to have chunky noses, irregular cheekbones, funny looking ears, cancer, exploding gall bladders, and gangrene? If your particular god is omnipotent, your god caused these things to occur, and they would be part of some plan.
That being the case, under what circumstances is it ok to defy god’s plan? If a person has cancer, aren’t you putting your judgment and morality above your god’s if you treat it?
Why is OP drawing the line at elective cosmetic surgery? Why not include all surgery? Why not include prosthetic limbs?
After all, isn’t it all god’s design for people to have chunky noses, irregular cheekbones, funny looking ears, cancer, exploding gall bladders, and gangrene? If your particular god is omnipotent, your god caused these things to occur, and they would be part of some plan.
That being the case, under what circumstances is it ok to defy god’s plan? If a person has cancer, aren’t you putting your judgment and morality above your god’s if you treat it?
That plan must include the free will to/not contaminate the earth.
That plan must include the free will to/not contaminate the earth.
I don’t see why that plan must contain free will. Even so, that is irrelevant, isn’t it? As posed by the OP, isn’t the excercise of free will inherently sinful, because any change from the way god has planned things is challenging his plan?
It's probably not considered a sin. But that doesn't mean it is healthy or wise. We might put it up there with matters like eating crapping food, etc.
If it's not helpful (say, to correct for damage from injury), or worse, to elevate vanity and superficiality, then it will likely be looked down upon by God. It doesn't have to be a "sin" to bring disappointment to him.
It's probably not considered a sin. But that doesn't mean it is healthy or wise. We might put it up there with matters like eating crapping food, etc.
If it's not helpful (say, to correct for damage from injury), or worse, to elevate vanity and superficiality, then it will likely be looked down upon by God. It doesn't have to be a "sin" to bring disappointment to him.
Ok, I have another theological question.
Some Christians justify damnation and eternal torment in hell to transgressing against God’s will. The thought as I understand it is that God is a perfect being, and any sin is infinitely offensive to a perfect being, and also being perfectly just eternal punishment is warranted for an infinitely offensive crime.
What is the difference between sin and disappointment? If God is infinitely perfect and infinitely just, wouldn’t he also not see a distinction between disapointment and sin?
I realize that you may not be the type of Christian that believes in this particular doctrine, but I would be interested in having anybody who does believe this respond.
I am proud of how I look, yet I do not look down on others.
I do ask why a god would make someone not attractive and socially inept so that they have problems finding a partner. Is that also part of your gods divine plan?
I don’t see why that plan must contain free will. Even so, that is irrelevant, isn’t it? As posed by the OP, isn’t the excercise of free will inherently sinful, because any change from the way god has planned things is challenging his plan?
Free will is relevant because we are not inanimate objects.
I answered each example, but my entire post was deleted because I highlighted in the wrong color.
Anyway, the question was specifically about ELECTIVE COSMETIC SURGERY. Nothing else.
The only difference between "elective cosmetic surgery" and pierced ears is one of degree. They are both nothing more than altering one's body for vanity.
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