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[quote]1-There would be no good without evil. We would simply do, so then the causes fall to intent. We would then either trust in what we wanted to do or what someone else wanted to do. Hence the choice to not trust in God and the fall of Adam and Eve.[/quote]
Why no good without evil? Certainly we wouldn't notice good if evil didn't exist, but is this really such a big deal? I can't quite understand you here.
[quote]2- That's what I said, God is responsible but what makes you more important than the tectonic plates of this planet or millions of other species in the eyes of something who created everything?[/quote]
Well, apparently we are his special creation. Tectonic plates have no capacity for suffering, and most of the animal kingdom has a lesser capacity for suffering than we do. Those animals who feel pain as we do suffer too, so their suffering must be accounted for too.
[quote]4- That argument from ignorance won't really fly. You can learn to live harmoniously with your surroundings both inanimate and animate and have a deeper understanding of unity and oneness with God's other creations.[/quote]
Unless you're a baby who dies painfully shortly after birth, or an animal with no capability for moral advancement.
[quote]1-There would be no good without evil. We would simply do, so then the causes fall to intent. We would then either trust in what we wanted to do or what someone else wanted to do. Hence the choice to not trust in God and the fall of Adam and Eve.[/quote]
Why no good without evil? Certainly we wouldn't notice good if evil didn't exist, but is this really such a big deal? I can't quite understand you here.
[quote]2- That's what I said, God is responsible but what makes you more important than the tectonic plates of this planet or millions of other species in the eyes of something who created everything?[/quote]
Well, apparently we are his special creation. Tectonic plates have no capacity for suffering, and most of the animal kingdom has a lesser capacity for suffering than we do. Those animals who feel pain as we do suffer too, so their suffering must be accounted for too.
[quote]4- That argument from ignorance won't really fly. You can learn to live harmoniously with your surroundings both inanimate and animate and have a deeper understanding of unity and oneness with God's other creations.[/quote]
Unless you're a baby who dies painfully shortly after birth, or an animal with no capability for moral advancement.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
