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The Problem of Good
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RE: The Problem of Good
January 7, 2016 at 1:32 pm
(January 5, 2016 at 11:54 pm)orangebox21 Wrote: Hopefully from the above explanation you can understand a bit more about God's 'mysterious ways.'  

If they're understood, they aren't mysterious. It's a tautology.


(January 5, 2016 at 11:54 pm)orangebox21 Wrote: Is mercy good?  Yes.  Is justice good?  Yes.  Then whether there is mercy or there is justice there is good, and there is more good to have both than either one or the other.

This is just a matter of spin. You can spin anything to sound good or bad. Concepts of mercy and justice are going to have contexts. It stops being simply "good" when it's weighted against the notion of an all powerful being that can take any action.

This is even further complicated when other actions can be depicted as "merciful" or "just". For example: is an abortion merciful? If it sends the soul straight to heaven by bypassing all the suffering on earth, it would certainly seem that way. Does this make the end result "good"? Is killing someone just? It brings them immediately before God's perfect justice. Does that make the end result "good"?
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The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - December 7, 2015 at 9:04 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by bennyboy - December 7, 2015 at 9:24 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by Lek - December 7, 2015 at 1:38 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Mister Agenda - December 7, 2015 at 1:55 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Lek - December 7, 2015 at 2:09 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Whateverist - December 19, 2015 at 1:40 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 19, 2015 at 8:00 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Lemonvariable72 - January 9, 2016 at 6:25 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Cecelia - January 17, 2016 at 9:53 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Lek - January 17, 2016 at 10:53 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Wyrd of Gawd - January 18, 2016 at 12:20 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by dyresand - January 18, 2016 at 12:55 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by Lek - January 18, 2016 at 2:14 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by Wyrd of Gawd - January 18, 2016 at 2:47 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by dyresand - January 18, 2016 at 10:00 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by Minimalist - December 7, 2015 at 1:46 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Lek - December 7, 2015 at 1:51 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by dyresand - December 7, 2015 at 1:57 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Lek - December 7, 2015 at 2:15 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 7, 2015 at 2:54 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - December 7, 2015 at 3:26 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 7, 2015 at 4:18 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - December 8, 2015 at 8:03 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 8, 2015 at 4:29 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Neo-Scholastic - December 8, 2015 at 5:46 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 9, 2015 at 12:28 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - December 9, 2015 at 4:48 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 10, 2015 at 11:44 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - December 10, 2015 at 4:01 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 17, 2015 at 5:19 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - December 17, 2015 at 10:33 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 19, 2015 at 12:02 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Wyrd of Gawd - December 19, 2015 at 1:28 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - December 21, 2015 at 9:14 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 21, 2015 at 5:09 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Neo-Scholastic - December 7, 2015 at 6:47 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - December 8, 2015 at 8:04 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by Neo-Scholastic - December 8, 2015 at 9:52 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by Wyrd of Gawd - December 8, 2015 at 4:10 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - December 8, 2015 at 10:42 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by Edwardo Piet - December 9, 2015 at 1:03 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by athrock - December 9, 2015 at 1:59 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - December 9, 2015 at 4:51 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Edwardo Piet - December 10, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by athrock - December 10, 2015 at 6:14 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Edwardo Piet - December 10, 2015 at 7:39 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by athrock - December 11, 2015 at 8:34 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by Edwardo Piet - December 11, 2015 at 5:42 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by The Grand Nudger - December 11, 2015 at 5:48 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - December 22, 2015 at 10:13 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 22, 2015 at 4:59 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - December 23, 2015 at 2:34 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 23, 2015 at 4:06 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - December 23, 2015 at 4:35 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 28, 2015 at 4:50 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 1, 2016 at 11:27 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by robvalue - December 28, 2015 at 4:58 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 28, 2015 at 5:36 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Edwardo Piet - December 28, 2015 at 6:04 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Brian37 - December 28, 2015 at 6:01 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by robvalue - December 28, 2015 at 6:08 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Edwardo Piet - December 28, 2015 at 9:14 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by robvalue - December 29, 2015 at 2:54 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 30, 2015 at 2:40 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Brian37 - December 28, 2015 at 9:16 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Wyrd of Gawd - December 29, 2015 at 12:38 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by Brian37 - December 29, 2015 at 8:52 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by Neo-Scholastic - December 29, 2015 at 12:41 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by The Grand Nudger - December 29, 2015 at 2:42 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by The Grand Nudger - December 30, 2015 at 6:16 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 30, 2015 at 7:28 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by dyresand - January 1, 2016 at 12:15 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 5, 2016 at 11:54 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 7, 2016 at 1:32 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 7, 2016 at 4:51 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Pat Mustard - January 8, 2016 at 4:07 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 8, 2016 at 1:36 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Pat Mustard - January 7, 2016 at 3:54 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Esquilax - January 7, 2016 at 5:02 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Wyrd of Gawd - January 1, 2016 at 4:50 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by dyresand - January 1, 2016 at 8:58 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2016 at 12:38 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by The Grand Nudger - December 30, 2015 at 7:33 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 30, 2015 at 9:11 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by robvalue - December 30, 2015 at 7:42 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by The Grand Nudger - December 30, 2015 at 9:39 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - December 31, 2015 at 11:39 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Marcus Felix - January 4, 2016 at 7:44 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 5, 2016 at 8:19 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by robvalue - January 5, 2016 at 2:11 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by Wyrd of Gawd - January 5, 2016 at 8:10 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2016 at 2:16 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by robvalue - January 5, 2016 at 2:24 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by robvalue - January 5, 2016 at 9:22 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by robvalue - January 6, 2016 at 2:26 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by The Grand Nudger - January 7, 2016 at 5:00 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by robvalue - January 8, 2016 at 4:13 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by Judashpeters - January 8, 2016 at 2:10 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 9, 2016 at 5:17 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 12, 2016 at 9:35 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 15, 2016 at 1:21 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by dyresand - January 15, 2016 at 1:27 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 15, 2016 at 1:50 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 15, 2016 at 4:05 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 16, 2016 at 9:34 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 16, 2016 at 10:23 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 17, 2016 at 10:58 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 19, 2016 at 9:19 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 19, 2016 at 2:27 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 19, 2016 at 4:43 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 19, 2016 at 11:42 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 20, 2016 at 9:57 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 20, 2016 at 3:39 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by dyresand - January 21, 2016 at 5:27 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by Wyrd of Gawd - January 20, 2016 at 2:06 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by The Grand Nudger - January 9, 2016 at 6:09 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by dyresand - January 12, 2016 at 11:19 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by Pat Mustard - January 13, 2016 at 10:07 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by The Grand Nudger - January 17, 2016 at 11:37 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by dyresand - January 18, 2016 at 12:54 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by The Grand Nudger - January 18, 2016 at 12:56 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by dyresand - January 18, 2016 at 12:59 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by ApeNotKillApe - January 19, 2016 at 5:02 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by robvalue - January 20, 2016 at 2:17 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by ApeNotKillApe - January 20, 2016 at 2:33 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by robvalue - January 20, 2016 at 3:41 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 22, 2016 at 9:24 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 22, 2016 at 12:13 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 22, 2016 at 12:10 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 22, 2016 at 5:27 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 23, 2016 at 10:50 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 24, 2016 at 2:33 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 25, 2016 at 11:52 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 25, 2016 at 5:22 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 26, 2016 at 8:53 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 26, 2016 at 5:19 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 27, 2016 at 4:48 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 27, 2016 at 5:41 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 28, 2016 at 8:42 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 26, 2016 at 4:27 pm
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 25, 2016 at 11:57 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by orangebox21 - January 28, 2016 at 11:35 am
RE: The Problem of Good - by RobbyPants - January 28, 2016 at 3:39 pm

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