RE: Can you help but do evil? I do not see how. Do you?
July 31, 2012 at 3:07 pm
(This post was last modified: July 31, 2012 at 3:08 pm by Greatest I am.)
(July 30, 2012 at 10:14 pm)Drich Wrote: If you wish to look at Evil as a simple expression of Free will/Choice. Then also remove the reward punishment of heaven and hell. Because at that point Heaven ceases to be a reward, and Hell ceases to be a punishment. Your eternal destination also becomes a matter of choice. In that those who 'choose' to be with God for eternity Choose Heaven, and the only path God has provided to get there. Subsequently Hell also becomes a choice, and those who go there choose to be eternally seperated from God, and the rest of creation.
Know this, God will not drag anyone of you who choose eternal seperation, kicking and screaming into eternal life. if you have spent the sum total of this life putting distance between yourself and Him with your philosphies, science and/or 'faiths.' So, If you choose eternal seperation from God know with full comfort and assureance that He will not only honor your life's decesion, He will hold you to it.. Just like if you were to Choose eternal life.
So to recap: Heaven can not be a reward, because no one there deserves to be there. It's like eternal seperation from God.. It is only by your own chosing that you will reside there.
You could have spoken to the issue of the O P.
Preaching in a debate forum shows your poor manners.
Regards
DL
(July 30, 2012 at 11:50 pm)padraic Wrote:Quote:Can you help but do evil?
I have never committed an evil act,nor will I. This may have something to do with the fact that I get to define the word 'evil'. I recognise no absolute moral imperatives and no moral authority apart from my conscience.
A self-serving position? Of course,so what? Such a position is admittedly selfish,but it is in no way evil in itself. (according to my definitions, which are subject to change without notice)
Handy.
Regards
DL
