Perhaps its not the Creator that requires their growth but the created that needs to experience the growth for themselves.
Experience is only gained by (dare I say it) experience.
One must taste the bitter to fully comprehend the sweet.
True Justice requires free will and accountability for actions, but with accountability come consequences, good or bad for the exercise of that free will.
We operate in an environment surrounded by laws and consequences.
It is in figuring out the nuances, that we are able to fly, yet without breaking the law of gravity.
And that is the purpose of experience... Perspective and depth of character.
Character can only be developed by testing said character.
Not wise yet... still plenty to go and lots more pondering to do.
Born and raised in South Africa... you experience a lot of diversity if you want to.
I got in early, it was easy then...
Yip, SA is unfortunately fast becoming the USA of Africa, but that's what wealth and the easy life chasing materialism brings.
Your culture shock series was great by the way, pity it didn't earn more, I loved it, all to easy to identify with these days.
"SA is unfortunately fast becoming the USA of Africa, but that's what wealth and the easy life chasing materialism brings."
Western culture is crumbling before our very eyes and no one seems to see the forest through the trees. I won't win any popularity contests among certain groups when I say that, in my intentionally, very well informed opinion, the reformation is the single event in history that has contributed the most to the decline of the west. The Name above all names has been reduced to the punchline of a bad joke because we who claim to know the truth can't even agree on the meaning of the first three chapters of the first book. The Bible states explicitly that a house divided cannot stand. When Jesus said this, he was talking about us, right now, today. I'm thoroughly convinced of this.