(October 28, 2011 at 6:55 am)lucent Wrote: So what you're saying is that God should prevent all suffering. Which means that He should prevent us from any action that might cause another suffering, which means we are nothing more than robots forced to do Gods will.Do you know what a strawman argument is Lucent? Apparently not. Go ahead attack something I didn't say and avoid the point.
Quote:The problem of evil is solved by the fact that God allows His creatures free will, because creatures that are significantly free can have meaningful relationships with God. Creatures that are not significantly free are forced into doing Gods will. The former is preferable to the latter.Even if the FWD goes through, and I would argue it doesn't. It does nothing to address the inductive problem of evil. Im afraid you're hitting the wrong target Lucent. The inductive POE is a separate argument which the FWD cannot touch. However as for the FWD it is the equivalent of saying god moves in mysterious ways. Yep he sure does, except of course if he doesn't exist.
"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence"...Doug McLeod.