, "dp3" <DP333 at prodigy.net> wrote:
[>peppermill at my-deja.com wrote..
[>>I think the common answer is that God gave free will, and as a result
[>>stays his hand. Certainly not something people do.
[>but god is supposedly omniscient and therefore knew all the horrible things
[>man would do with his so called free will before he gave it him. its a poor
[>argument for a benevolent god. and thats not even getting into the inherent
[>contradiction involved in believing in both the concept of man having
[>freewill and the idea of a judeo/cristian god.
Not only that, but the direct action taken by god in throwing stones in battle,
the ordering of genocidal operations, and in hardening pharoh's heart eliminate
free will.
/begin
[>Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
[>Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
[>Is he both able and willing? Then whence commeth evil?
[>Is he neither able nor willing? When why call him god?
[> -Epicurus
/end
[>dan
Stoney
