(May 8, 2013 at 2:29 pm)Texas Sailor Wrote:(May 8, 2013 at 2:01 pm)Undeceived Wrote: What makes you say benevolence is a capacity and not a choice?
I think I see what you're saying. There doesn't have to be a limit to one's ability to choose benevolence in order for them to have an infinite amount of opportunities to choose malevolence instead. Is that right? So, anyone could really be infinitely benevolent, and yet continue to demonstrate it.
I guess the question is...
1)For every malevolent choice, is their an opposite benevolent option?
2)And if so, what is to be said of an individual that chooses manevolence more often when a benevolent option is available?
3)What then would be the reason for such a thing to NOT be an option, and if one is the all powerful God, why would this be outside their ability to make it so?
The Bible wouldn't call either option 'malevolent' or 'benevolent' but rather justice and mercy. God has a choice to be just/fair or to be merciful/unfair. Do you mean to talk about the Biblical God or another hypothetical one?