(July 24, 2023 at 7:21 pm)Ten Wrote: If there is a Creator god, is he allowed, by virtue of being the creator and controller of everything, to do what he wants? Even if it is unjust? Even if it doesn't make sense to his creations?
Does he have the right to kill us, to manipulate us, to demand worship?
Like, I'm talking about "right" as in we aren't allowed to be upset, we have no authority to stand on to challenge him because he made us, he owns us. We have no justification for our rebellion because we were created for his purposes.
Given the opening parameters of your thought experiment, the answer is simply "Yes'.
IF a Creator being creates something, thence that being is 'making' everything involved in said thing.
Of course, where things turn ploin shaped is when the ascribes of a Creator then go on to posit a whole raft of things that simply do not seem to line up with the said premise.
The creator being created everything. Though (Somehow) it both [redermined everything to unfold into its present state and YET also allows for 'Free will', which means that some aspects of its creation are no longer following dai predetermination... Somehow.
Then there's the assertion that said Creator being MUST be 'All loving'... while very easily defined happenings of "Not loving' and 'Un loving' demonstrably happens.
Hope that helps.
