RE: Hostage to fear
July 21, 2015 at 7:53 am
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2015 at 7:54 am by Randy Carson.)
(July 20, 2015 at 7:38 pm)Spacetime Wrote: You must not be thoughtful about what I have told you about me, or my former faith, or my sincerity, or my devotion to understanding Christianity (as a faith, lifestyle, etc.). If you're not being thoughtful about what I've said, how can we meet on honest terms as men?
How have I not been thoughtful?
(July 20, 2015 at 6:42 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:Quote:Yes, I'm aware of the fact that WE are discussing theodicy.
And I was not speaking of the Argument for Fine Tuning which demonstrates the existence of God. I was arguing for the Fine Tuning of the Evidence which is a phrase I coined a few days ago (for fun) to explain how God uses JUST ENOUGH evidence to enable you to find him without using so much evidence that you are coerced. Since each person is different, it is my contention that God uses varying amounts of evidence for each person based upon their individual needs. Thus, He "fine tunes" the evidence to the right balance for YOU, and Jenny A, and robvalue, and so forth.
What proof do you have have God "fine tunes" evidence? Evidence cannot change, it can only be misunderstood as evidence for a positive claim when later experimentation proves the positive claim as inaccurate.
No, the historical evidence does not change. However, God can reveal Himself to varying degrees from person to person. For example, the alcoholic who is at rock bottom may get a powerful visitation from God whereas the child whose parents take her to Church each Sunday may be led into a relationship more gently.
In the same manner, some people fall in "love at first sight" and marry after a short period of dating (for my grandparents, it was 30 days!) whereas other couples may have known each other for years before they ever begin dating.
Is this not intuitive?
Quote:Quote:Your kind is humankind, and your mind is finitemind. You simply are not in a position to be able to judge whether the infinite God has sufficient reasons for allowing suffering. Sorry, mate, but your arms are too short to box with God.
Your scriptures prove that I can know the difference between good and evil. Are you denying Holy Scripture?
No, and as I said in my previous post when I answered questions you posed to Gods Child, just because you CAN know the difference, it does not follow that you DO know the difference. I have the ability to understand mathematics, but without proper education, I will not be able to do advanced math.
You seem to lack proper education about some aspects of theology and one gaping hole relates to theodicy.
More later.
