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Why did god allow people to be born after the fall ?
RE: Why did god allow people to be born after the fall ?
(November 7, 2017 at 2:29 pm)Harry Nevis Wrote:
(November 7, 2017 at 2:24 pm)SteveII Wrote: I want to reply to this one point because it illustrates in one sentence that your main objection is founded on bad reasoning. If God created people with free will, then he has by definition, subordinated his ability to control everything. Free will entails a sinful world. Free will entails that God has subordinated control of everything. Your sentence does not make sense.

Why does free will entail a sinful world?  Because god created sin.  And, supposedly, he knows what the outcome will be.  If he knows I will never become a believer, and knew before I was born, I have no control.
No, free will created sin. Sin is the absence of good. Just like no one created darkness. 
Foreknowledge in no way means control. The fact that you won't choose differently does not mean you couldn't have. God simply knows what every free creature would choose and would not choose (counterfactuals) to do in any given circumstances. There are different theological perspectives and I am arguing/answering from my own.
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RE: Why did god allow people to be born after the fall ? - by SteveII - November 7, 2017 at 2:59 pm

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