RE: Argument from evil, restated
June 4, 2013 at 2:33 am
(This post was last modified: June 4, 2013 at 2:39 am by Undeceived.)
(June 4, 2013 at 2:01 am)Ryantology Wrote: Can someone love through freedom of will if it is made explicitly clear that failure to show enough love will result in nightmarish, endless torment?Yes, they can love, but their love would be completely unrelated to the possible torment. Earlier we discussed the kidnapper scenario. No matter how much the kidnapper threatens, he cannot compel his prisoner to love him. Is this supposed to relate to the Argument from evil?
(June 4, 2013 at 2:01 am)Ryantology Wrote: Could not an all-powerful God devised a way for love to exist without evil being a necessary part of it?Can you think of a way? If not, I believe you make an argument from ignorance, or may be guilty of the equivocation fallacy.