The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was (2) grieved in His heart.
I would agree that God felt grief from his what his creation had become. The regret was over the pain he had felt for the creation. This to me does not indicate that God considered it a mistake. If that was the intent of the passage it would have said God though he made a mistake. In contrast I think this shows that God suffers along with the creation. If anything this shows God's compassion not his monstrosity.
It's obvious that humans can't run things. It's been obvious for a long time and yet God is allowing horrible atrocities to befall us century after century.
Man has created the atrocites. God will allow man to run the full course of history since the challenge still exists and has not been surrendered. If the challenge were Universally surrendered then I'm sure God would put it to an end. Satan would never surrender the challenge though.
Could you stand idly by (when you had the power to stop it) and watch your child (who rebelled because they were mislead) year after year cut herself, or gouge herself or many other horrible things to prove that she didn't know what was best for her?
When the Continental Congress declared itself independant of England it had cut itself off from English support. The United States was at that point solely responsible for what happened to itself. It would be absolutely ridiculous to accuse England of Evil for not coming to the aid of the U.S. after that point. The U.S. made its decision. If the people in the U.S. found themselves up a creek they could not rightly blame England. The only people they could blame were their Congressmen.
When my kid does that, he'll get a spanking, not years of horrible torture, but that's just me.
If your kid wants to torture herself their would not be much you could do about it. If your kid tried to divorce you and take your possesions because your kid blamed you for everything that was wrong with her life I'm sure that at some point you would just get sick it and say "You know what baby? If you think I am so evil and such a horrible parent, then go. Show me what a horrible parent I am and how you know so much more than I do."
Adam and Eve were also naive, and we're all getting burned for it.
You are still being naive for not having faith that God is right and the devil is wrong. You are burning yourself.
He regretted making us, so he apparently thinks he did something wrong, otherwise why the regret?
He did not think he was wrong. He did not feel foolish. He regretted the pain he had put himself through. Read the passage. He was in pain. He never called himself wrong it is obvious that the regret was directed at the value of his creation in relation to the pain it had caused him. His creatures hurt him. I don't this is comparable to shame. Keep in mind that regret is simply a question of whether somehting was worth "it". What "it" is, in this case means the difference between pain or as you say some sort of error on God's part. Of course I would like to know how God could have made us and done any better. At this point it seems that you think man is an abomination.
Maybe our sense of free will is flawed. Maybe God gave Satan too much leeway
Will is the ability to determine one's actions. By defintion there is only one form of "free" will. That is distinguished by the lack of limits to what one can determine for him/herself.
Maybe God gave Satan too much leeway
There is a case of Monday morning quarterback if I have ever heard one. Anyhow, you are changing free will into a program.
Won't history eventually repeat itself? If so, he should just give it up.
The purpose of allowing the rebellion to run its course is so that history does not repeat itself. Once God's just authority is proven over all rebellions then rebellions need not be answered. They can be as you wish them to be crushed. I don't think we will ever see one again though. Once the new Kingdom is established with the masses of grace filling it ranks it will be far more glorious than ever before, which was only possible through the vindication of God's soveriegnty.
God give up as God? No he should not. God cannot give up and we don't want him too.
I know you say that before Satan rebelled, God hadn't even thought of something like this happening
You cannot surprise God.
StarScream, this isn't my job.
Then stop making it your crusade to prove God wrong. You are saying that God is wrong and that it is not your job to prove it. Did you see "A Few Good Men"? Accusing a high ranking officer without proper evidence can get you into "trouble."Your job is to love God with you whole heart, mind and soul.
How could an all-knowing being overlook this possibility?
You are convicting God for something someone else did. If you set the speed limit on the freeway at 55 you know people will speed and you don't have to be all knowing to figure that out. The speed limit exists for a reason none the less.
I must tell you. You seem to have higher accusations for God than the devil.
If God is perfect he should've come up with a better solution so that this never could've happened.
You still aren't grasping the concept of freewill. Man and the angels had free will. They were able to freely choose to reject God. Without that choice it is not free will. You are right. It is not your job to figure out a better way. You are apparently telling me you can't think of a better way but there must have been a better way? If there was a better way then tell me. If you can't think of one you are proving the devil wrong and satisfying your own objection. I mean hell, even Satan came up with SOMETHING when he challenged God.