(May 24, 2013 at 1:03 am)Godschild Wrote:(May 24, 2013 at 12:20 am)FallentoReason Wrote: If he's not omnibenevolent, then why suppose he knows the best way to live?
We believe God is all good, however we are smart enough to know the difference in God's justice and what you refer to as benevolent.
What an odd statement to make. One would think that being just stems from benevolence. Apparently not for your god..?
Quote: You want to compare our liberal court system to God's court. We sentence people to a punishment considering the criminal and not the victims. God punishes with the offended in mind and gives the offended justice. This is being benevolent to the one who deserves the benevolence.
Please specify what you mean by "punish". Eternal damnation? Because in the here and now, the exact opposite is true to what you want me to accept. The victim is the last thing on God's mind because the criminal can be cleansed by God's grace, as if God speaks on behalf of the wronged party. Murderers can potentially go to heaven while their victims can potentially go to hell, depending on their beliefs before departing from this world. The entire thing is bent on benefiting the criminal, not the victim.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
