(October 10, 2018 at 9:05 pm)Tres Leches Wrote:(October 10, 2018 at 6:50 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Or it’s Gods will that you be a moral agent with free will, and you are culpable for your choices. You also have the difference between God’s will, in what he desires and in what he permits.
Rhonda sums things up nicely in her OP; I'll also paraphrase Epicurus:
If god is able to stop someone from punching me in face, but not willing - then he is malevolent.
That's surely not a being I wish to believe in or worship.
-Teresa
That’s another topic, that has been discussed quite a bit. Also the Bible describes the process that will save us from such things, and you reject it. I would think that you would do whatever you could to prevent the further separation from God, and suffering because of sin; if this was really a concern for you.
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If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther