RE: Divine Hiddenness
June 17, 2021 at 12:23 pm
(This post was last modified: June 17, 2021 at 12:33 pm by R00tKiT.)
(June 15, 2021 at 8:17 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: I think a "maximally good" being would have no free will. It would be forced, by its nature, to only do what is maximally good. No other choice would be possible.
Therefore, the current state of the world is the only possible result of a maximally-good god, or else we must assume that the god is impotent.
You're not the first one to play this little game. "Can God create a stone so heavy he can't lift ?" is a similar kind of objection. Is that the best you can do?
Yours is simply : "Can God be less good than maximally good?"
I mean.. grow up.
(June 16, 2021 at 9:52 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Pretty sure that part of the portfolio of an omnipotent being is being able to convince a mere mortal that's what they are. If God can't convince me he/she/it/they exist, God is not omnipotent, Q.E.D.
Being convinced also entails personal effort and free will. A God won't punish someone who is sincere but not convinced.
