RE: What are the Characteristics of a NT Christian?
April 21, 2017 at 12:35 am
(This post was last modified: April 21, 2017 at 12:46 am by GrandizerII.)
(April 20, 2017 at 5:35 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: As to your idea that a good God would not create anything if it included evil,...well, then there would be no love. Personally, I think a world that has love in it, even if that entails some evil, is better than no world at all. YMMV
And a world where love exists with a complete absence of major evils (e.g., rape) would be a better world than one with major evils. Certainly, such a world is possible given a powerful God.
(April 20, 2017 at 9:09 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Unless you can demonstrate that God could create a perfect world, then the objection does not work. That is why no one takes it seriously.
Forget perfect. A world without evils (or at least without severe evils) is certainly logically possible given such a powerful God. It is possible for God to stop limited beings from gratuitously hurting others, and he could do so without complete violation of man's free will. All he would have to do is stop the harmful action itself, not the intent. And why shouldn't a God that cares about the well-being of human beings do so? Why shouldn't a God that is about love prevent abuses from happening?
