RE: Do I believe Atheists are going to hell?
February 1, 2018 at 10:55 am
(This post was last modified: February 1, 2018 at 10:55 am by GrandizerII.)
(February 1, 2018 at 9:53 am)SteveII Wrote: Free will is absolutely central to almost all Christian doctrine. You don't get to withhold it in a discussion about Christian doctrine. It is a given.
No, the onus is not on me to prove that given free will, this is the best possible world because proof is literally impossible to have. All I need to say is that, given the character and attributes of God, it is reasonable to assume that, given free will, this is the best possible world. Offer defeaters if you think the premise is wrong.
You don't have much faith in your God's ability to come up with a much better world than this, one with far less suffering? Even granting free will, God could still intervene in people's affairs to protect would-be victims from serious harm such as rape and molestation and torture, provide men/women with curatives for cancer and other fatal illnesses and diseases, rain down food and water for people most in need of such resources, and stop massive natural disasters from wreaking havoc on this world and causing severe damages to both people and property. He intervened in people's affairs quite a lot in the Old Testament, he sure as hell can do it anytime, especially today. It didn't stop him before.
