RE: The problem of evil revisited.
September 22, 2014 at 1:16 am
(This post was last modified: September 22, 2014 at 1:17 am by genkaus.)
(September 21, 2014 at 8:00 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Well those who don't build character and chose a lousy character don't deserve to have an honorable character.
Now about who will live in eternal bliss, that's left to open debate in the theodicy. It can be that evil people will not be given eternal bliss but punished. It can be that evil people will be forgiven but not have the honorable character the good people developed. Or it can be that they will cease to exist.
I think the reward good people get is worth the sacrifice.
Worth it for them. What do the others get out of it? Those who can't build a character or build the wrong one - what point does their suffering serve?
(September 21, 2014 at 9:38 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: One thing I guess I'm not taking account in, is children dying. They don't get to build character.
But it still can be said they will have eternal bliss and the over all system that makes a lot people build character is worth it.
If the same result can be achieved without any character building, then the character building part is not necessary and therefore the system is not worth it.
