RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
August 25, 2012 at 11:48 am
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2012 at 12:52 pm by spockrates.)
(August 24, 2012 at 8:13 am)Faith No More Wrote: Yes, the lack of free will would not prove that god does not exist, however, it would prove that god is a sadistic prick, unworthy of even a single second of devotion and worship.
I see the logic in that, which is a reason why I eventually rejected Reformed Theology.

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So, Mister:
Do you think it reasonable to say this? Yes, God does have the omniscience to allow him to completely obliterate our freewill, but he (in keeping in character with his omnibenevolence) chooses to exercise his omnipotence by limiting his omniscience so as to allow us to freely choose to love one another, as he freely chooses to love us.
Unless you have something to add, I believe this satisfies the question for me of it being impossible for God to be omniscient, given that we have free will. That does still leave the question of whether God is actually omnibenevolent. If he is a monster, he is not worthy of being imitated, or loved, I think. If you want to move one, we can address the question: Is God really omnibenevolent? If not, we can continue to think through the question: "How can God be omniscient if we have freewill?"
"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains (no matter how improbable) must be the truth."
--Spock
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