(January 26, 2011 at 4:34 pm)dqualk Wrote: @Thor Yes God knows how my life will turn out before I am born.
Gee, I thought life was supposed to be some sort of test. But, if what are saying is true, this deity already knows if you will pass or fail the test. So, in fact, there is no real test because your fate is already known! Then why would this deity allow someone to be born when he knows they will fail the test and be tossed into a firepit for all eternity?
Quote:What you are getting at is the problem of evil. I would begin a discussion about it with you but I feel that I could not adequately state it, or at least I cannot without a serious amount of work, so I am trying to avoid starting that discussion.
Evil? Where did I talk about evil? How is "evil" involved when a child is born with horrifying birth defects?
And if your brilliant, omniscient deity already knows what will happen, what was the point in allowing people to be born when this deity already knew he would drown them in a flood?
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?