(December 19, 2015 at 12:02 pm)orangebox21 Wrote:(December 17, 2015 at 10:33 pm)RobbyPants Wrote: So, when a person does good, is it just God acting, or both the person and God acting? In the part I bold-quoted you on twice, you said it was God acting. I'm trying to see if you mean both are acting or not.I am certain that it is God acting, I am certain that it is not [only] me acting, I am not certain but open to the possibility that it is God and me acting.
Fair enough.
The reason I'm trying to figure out, is that it seems that good actions are only caused by God acting and are impossible without him, then by very definition, God is responsible for all good actions. Similarly, he is responsible for all good actions not taken.
The whole idea of the free will defense to the problem of evil is to shift responsibility form a God that could act but chooses not to, and shifts it to us, because we were given a choice; however, if we are unable to do good without God, then God would be the sole determining factor as to whether or not a good action was taken. Of course, there are other defenses of free will, but this approach would totally obviate the free will defense.