RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense.
July 20, 2012 at 11:25 pm
(This post was last modified: July 20, 2012 at 11:26 pm by Mystic.)
(July 20, 2012 at 11:17 pm)Ryantology Wrote: We could have been made so that we innately have all the character we need.
Perhaps (and seemingly to me), this is impossible. We can be created as saints/angel like, but we couldn't have gone through the struggle, and earned value from struggle, and built character in this sense.
I don't think the value that comes out of free-will, and character building, can come out by being automatically given this characteristic.
We can see for example, in Islam, Angels are hardly given that much value, and it's said the human is of much better value if he is righteous. Angels are like robots, don't struggle against the choice of evil, while humans do. We have to struggle against our greed to be charitable, we have to learn to forgive those whom do wrong to us while spite is the natural feelings.
I think giving the value of character building is impossible. It must be earned and striven for.
