RE: Why would a perfect being make an imperfect world?
February 14, 2017 at 6:27 pm
(This post was last modified: February 14, 2017 at 6:32 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(February 14, 2017 at 2:54 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: A perfect being wouldn't make a world at all. They'd be so perfect they would be all that would be required to exist. In fact they wouldn't do anything, they'd be changeless. Nothing would need to happen. Everything would be perfect.
It is an interesting paradox. I think the answer is that He creates out of love. He needs nothing from us but gave us life from His abundance and opportunities to enjoy it.
(February 14, 2017 at 2:19 pm)SteveII Wrote:(February 13, 2017 at 10:57 pm)Aroura Wrote: So basically, all of you, 5 answering so far, depend entirely on the notion of freewill to explain pretty much everything. Quite the loophole it provides.
So this thread is destined to turn into yet another thread on freewill, and how it magically explains everything, even though there's as much evidence for it as there is for God, which is to say none. Your god delusion is dependent on a grand illusion, lol.
You say there is no evidence for Free Will. Isn't your conclusion that there is no Free Will based on naturalism--a philosophical position, and not based on science or other concrete 'evidence'? Why should I believe your ideology that there is nothing but natural properties and causes when I have very good reason to suspect there is more than that? In case you are going to ask what are my reasons, I would reply that Naturalism does not address why:
a. God is the best explanation why anything at all exists.
b. God is the best explanation of the origin of the universe.
c. God is the best explanation of the fine-tuning of the universe for intelligent life.
d. God is the best explanation of intentional states of consciousness.
e. God is the best explanation of objective moral values and duties.
Not sure about B and C, but the rest are clearly the case.
