peppermill at my-deja.com wrote:
[> peppermill at my-deja.com wrote:
[>> (stoney) wrote:
[>> > , "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
[>> >
[>> True. But then, if there is a God, I don't suppose he is confined to
[>> anyone's stereotypes.
[>> Peppermill
[>>
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[>
[>It's also possible that, in His omniscience, he sees more good in
[>things than we do. Who knows, all this shit we go through may be the
[>way to evolving at least some of us into the kind of creatures He
[>desires.
Desire=reality for the christian deity construct. There is no need to go
through a useless journey parody which brings Epicurus back again.
[>Peppermill
Stoney
