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The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense

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The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense
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RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense
October 11, 2013 at 12:27 pm
(October 11, 2013 at 11:07 am)Faith No More Wrote: Spin it however you wish, Chad, you can't dance around the fact that your god willingly allows evil things to happen in this world.

Since God is (allegedly) in total control, you can't really argue that he doesn't explicitly intend for evil things to happen in this world. I mean, it's pretty obvious that God thwarts free will whenever he wants to. What is human free will against a tornado or a flash flood, right?
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The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense

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RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Tonus - October 10, 2013 at 1:28 pm
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Dunno - October 10, 2013 at 2:21 pm
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Ryantology - October 11, 2013 at 12:27 pm
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Chas - October 12, 2013 at 7:58 am
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Tonus - October 11, 2013 at 5:45 am
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Cato - October 12, 2013 at 12:07 am
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Tonus - October 12, 2013 at 10:39 am

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