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Funny thing about theodicy

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Funny thing about theodicy
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RE: Funny thing about theodicy
April 10, 2014 at 8:31 pm
(April 10, 2014 at 7:36 pm)RobbyPants Wrote: [*]Free will - we need to be able to be free to sin because [reasons] and this is super important. Now, why an all powerful God couldn't make us have choice, but only good choices is beyond me.*

New research suggests that intelligence tries to maximize the diversity of future options. If God only allowed us to make "good choices" it would be an act of limiting our future options thereby making us less intelligent.

Better to be smart and capable of evil then dumb and only capable of good.

http://www.kurzweilai.net/ted-an-equatio...sner-gross
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Funny thing about theodicy - by tor - April 10, 2014 at 4:28 pm
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Anomalocaris - April 10, 2014 at 4:42 pm
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by RobbyPants - April 10, 2014 at 7:36 pm
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Heywood - April 10, 2014 at 8:31 pm
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by RobbyPants - April 11, 2014 at 9:39 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Heywood - April 11, 2014 at 9:54 pm
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by tor - April 11, 2014 at 9:59 pm
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Jacob(smooth) - April 12, 2014 at 3:02 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Esquilax - April 11, 2014 at 9:45 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Heywood - April 12, 2014 at 2:49 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Fidel_Castronaut - April 12, 2014 at 3:12 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Heywood - April 12, 2014 at 3:17 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Fidel_Castronaut - April 12, 2014 at 3:24 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by tor - April 11, 2014 at 9:58 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Jacob(smooth) - April 12, 2014 at 3:28 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Heywood - April 12, 2014 at 3:44 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Jacob(smooth) - April 12, 2014 at 6:57 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Esquilax - April 12, 2014 at 7:02 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Jacob(smooth) - April 12, 2014 at 7:31 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Esquilax - April 12, 2014 at 7:36 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Fidel_Castronaut - April 12, 2014 at 3:35 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Whateverist - April 12, 2014 at 7:43 am
RE: Funny thing about theodicy - by Jacob(smooth) - April 12, 2014 at 9:44 am

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