I suspect it all hinges on whether the instigator of an action is as culpable as the actors.
For example, suppose I obtain the security information for a large cash depository (if this were in any Forum besides philosophy, I would have said 'bank'). I provide this information to nefarious individuals who use it to commit a robbery. Mind you, I did not take part in the robbery, nor did I profit from it. I simply create the conditions whereby the theft could occur. Further, suppose that without my facilitating it, the robbery could not have happened. Am I guilty of robbery?
It is much the same with the God of Abraham. Even if God never, ever commits an evil action in his own person, he created evil (Isaiah 45:7 - 'I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.'). If God hadn't created evil, then evil acts simply could not take place. Since evil acts do occur, and God admits to having created evil, does God share culpability when human beings do evil things?
If God is in some fashion guilty of evil acts due to creating evil, then premise #2 of the OP becomes non-valid. If God is somehow excused from the shared blame, then premise #1 is invalid.
Boru
For example, suppose I obtain the security information for a large cash depository (if this were in any Forum besides philosophy, I would have said 'bank'). I provide this information to nefarious individuals who use it to commit a robbery. Mind you, I did not take part in the robbery, nor did I profit from it. I simply create the conditions whereby the theft could occur. Further, suppose that without my facilitating it, the robbery could not have happened. Am I guilty of robbery?
It is much the same with the God of Abraham. Even if God never, ever commits an evil action in his own person, he created evil (Isaiah 45:7 - 'I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.'). If God hadn't created evil, then evil acts simply could not take place. Since evil acts do occur, and God admits to having created evil, does God share culpability when human beings do evil things?
If God is in some fashion guilty of evil acts due to creating evil, then premise #2 of the OP becomes non-valid. If God is somehow excused from the shared blame, then premise #1 is invalid.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
