What is this branch of Christianity you're looking into? I was just reading the bible and came across the line, "God will not save the guilty" (or something similar) and cannot help but feel that the particular branch you're talking about could be selectively interpreting the bible.
If this force exists, and allows the universe to evolve and adapt, and in a sense "self-police," then what exactly is the force doing? Pain and suffering are an important part of life, because as you say they allow us to grow and learn and appreciate the true beauty (subjective) of life. But what do you mean about this "being" being what it must be? Why must it be anything, if the basic physical laws of the universe potentially could have led to where we are now?
If the potential for evil exists, so must the potential for goodness, and I believe both of these things are part of humanity. As you say, they are not forces in and of themselves, and I don't think it's possible to cancel them out. It is only by working together as humans, and not by appealing to a higher power to save us, that we can move towards a better world.
(December 7, 2008 at 11:40 am)CoxRox Wrote: The 'force' allows the universe to evolve and adapt, and for us to learn. You may call that unbenevolent. The fact that pain and suffering exist does throw a big spanner in the works, I admit. I don't think their existence throw's doubt in the force/creator's existence. This 'being' if it exists, must be what it must be- in that the laws must be what they are for all of this to exist. The potential for evil exists and must be a necessary part of the equation. Let's hope it gets cancelled out at some point?
If this force exists, and allows the universe to evolve and adapt, and in a sense "self-police," then what exactly is the force doing? Pain and suffering are an important part of life, because as you say they allow us to grow and learn and appreciate the true beauty (subjective) of life. But what do you mean about this "being" being what it must be? Why must it be anything, if the basic physical laws of the universe potentially could have led to where we are now?
If the potential for evil exists, so must the potential for goodness, and I believe both of these things are part of humanity. As you say, they are not forces in and of themselves, and I don't think it's possible to cancel them out. It is only by working together as humans, and not by appealing to a higher power to save us, that we can move towards a better world.
