(July 10, 2023 at 7:04 pm)Angrboda Wrote:(July 10, 2023 at 6:42 pm)Loaded dice Wrote: It definitely does imply it. A normal person with finite benevolence would create, if they could, another enjoyable life for children who died early. Certainly a benevolent God would do much more.
No, it does not. It's possible that a benevolent god would do that. It's possible it might not. It's possible it might do some other benevolent act instead. It's also possible that it can't.
Sounds like everything is possible in your silly imagination. Please grow up and don't waste our time.
That a benevolent God, as traditionally conceived, implies an afterlife, is a standard, uncontroversial assertion about theism.
"It's possible it might do some other benevolent act instead": There is nothing benevolent to be done towards a dead child, without bringing them back in some form of life first.
" It's also possible that it can't. ": God, as traditionally conceived, is omnipotent, and the idea of an afterlife a priori doesn't entail any logical contradiction, so God can actualize it.
Anything else?
