(December 12, 2024 at 5:10 pm)Tonus Wrote:(December 12, 2024 at 1:28 pm)TheWhiteMarten Wrote: Presumably to continue and allow his creation to have free will, perhaps the third best gift ever given to man.
Is it, though? In the universe created by your god, exercising free will leads to much suffering during our lifetimes, and eternal suffering for a great many people afterwards. Had he designed us to be incapable of sin, every one of us would enjoy an eternity by his side in heaven.
In this context, what is the value of being able to choose? What good is it to have been capable of sin? Wouldn't we be better off with just the one choice?
In a similar vein, God could still have given humans free will and prevented sin by using his omniscience to permit the creation of only those people who would always - of their own free will - behave in a manner pleasing to God.
Boru
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