RE: Why, God? Why?!
February 8, 2018 at 5:23 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2018 at 5:25 pm by John V.)
(February 8, 2018 at 5:02 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: I can try. Something that is perfect can have nothing added to or subtracted from it except to make it imperfect. Saying that He desires something He doesn't have and that would somehow improve Him is akin to saying that He is already imperfect.
Now I remember why I avoid positions that rely on Perfect - just depends on your definition.
Bible says Jesus was perfected through suffering. I disagree that that implies he was imperfect before the suffering.
(February 8, 2018 at 5:12 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: So, you don’t subscribe to the notion of the Trinity?
I subscribe to the trinity.
Quote:Yes, exactly this. I’m really not being facetious, or trying to set anybody up. But, I do notice some apparent inconsistencies when I try to imagine why a perfect god would create anything at all, and since I can’t recall a thread on it before, I thought I’d raise my questions and hear some answers.
Seems to me it comes up a couple times a year.