CL, let me talk about the morality of free will. A rapist has the free will to rape a child. You console yourself, perhaps, with the knowledge that he will eventually be held account by God for his actions. But what of the child? The child, you may say, will be rewarded with an eternity in heaven-- though he/she hasn't done anything particularly worth of reward.
It seems to me that God's version of free will shows a willingness on his part to let innocents suffer in order to give sinners enough rope to hang themselves. And they do so by their own nature, which was anyway established by God. It seems to me that if such a God is real, only a bad person would do anything but openly rebel against him.
You shouldn't be preaching the gospel. You should be burning it. Because YOU seem to me like a good person.
It seems to me that God's version of free will shows a willingness on his part to let innocents suffer in order to give sinners enough rope to hang themselves. And they do so by their own nature, which was anyway established by God. It seems to me that if such a God is real, only a bad person would do anything but openly rebel against him.
You shouldn't be preaching the gospel. You should be burning it. Because YOU seem to me like a good person.