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Was it necessary to create anything?
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RE: Was it necessary to create anything?
April 6, 2015 at 12:30 pm
(April 6, 2015 at 12:06 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: As for wanting to be praised, that neediness isn't compatible with a perfect being.  Only a being that lacks something creates something.  If it were perfect, it would be complete in itself, and have no need of anything at all.  Consequently, the world as we know it is incompatible with the existence of a perfect being.
Grace requires an object, but I don't think of graciousness as an imperfection.
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Was it necessary to create anything? - by ReptilianPeon - March 25, 2015 at 5:14 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Napoléon - March 25, 2015 at 5:24 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Smaug - March 25, 2015 at 5:28 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by IATIA - April 3, 2015 at 5:32 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Alex K - March 25, 2015 at 5:36 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by JuliaL - March 25, 2015 at 5:39 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Pyrrho - March 25, 2015 at 5:50 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Alex K - March 25, 2015 at 6:02 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Pyrrho - March 25, 2015 at 6:16 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Alex K - March 25, 2015 at 6:22 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Pyrrho - March 25, 2015 at 6:29 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Alex K - March 25, 2015 at 6:54 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Pyrrho - March 25, 2015 at 7:06 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Alex K - March 25, 2015 at 7:17 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by JuliaL - March 25, 2015 at 7:03 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Smaug - March 25, 2015 at 7:08 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by JuliaL - March 25, 2015 at 7:23 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Minimalist - March 25, 2015 at 7:16 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Tonus - March 25, 2015 at 7:37 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by robvalue - March 26, 2015 at 5:51 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by professor - March 26, 2015 at 8:02 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Tonus - March 26, 2015 at 8:08 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by robvalue - March 26, 2015 at 8:04 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by robvalue - March 26, 2015 at 8:09 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by professor - March 26, 2015 at 8:21 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Tonus - March 26, 2015 at 9:37 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by robvalue - March 26, 2015 at 8:26 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by professor - March 26, 2015 at 8:35 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Alex K - March 26, 2015 at 8:42 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by robvalue - March 26, 2015 at 8:42 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by robvalue - March 26, 2015 at 8:45 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Smaug - March 26, 2015 at 9:34 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by professor - March 26, 2015 at 9:35 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Alex K - March 26, 2015 at 10:34 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Pyrrho - March 26, 2015 at 2:17 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Tonus - March 26, 2015 at 2:33 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by robvalue - March 26, 2015 at 9:36 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by professor - March 26, 2015 at 9:42 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by robvalue - March 26, 2015 at 9:44 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by professor - March 26, 2015 at 10:00 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Smaug - March 26, 2015 at 10:49 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by professor - March 26, 2015 at 11:22 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Smaug - March 26, 2015 at 2:18 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Brian37 - March 26, 2015 at 4:52 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by RobertE - April 2, 2015 at 4:53 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by John V - April 2, 2015 at 5:28 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by RobertE - April 2, 2015 at 11:01 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by John V - April 3, 2015 at 7:21 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by RobertE - April 3, 2015 at 12:45 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by John V - April 3, 2015 at 1:05 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by John V - April 4, 2015 at 6:45 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by dyresand - April 4, 2015 at 10:42 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by John V - April 6, 2015 at 7:14 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by robvalue - April 2, 2015 at 4:58 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by RobertE - April 2, 2015 at 5:09 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by robvalue - April 3, 2015 at 12:03 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Tonus - April 3, 2015 at 7:44 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by robvalue - April 3, 2015 at 8:22 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by robvalue - April 3, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by RobertE - April 3, 2015 at 1:43 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by John V - April 3, 2015 at 2:15 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Brian37 - April 3, 2015 at 2:23 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by emjay - April 3, 2015 at 5:25 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by dyresand - April 3, 2015 at 5:32 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by emjay - April 3, 2015 at 6:31 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by robvalue - April 4, 2015 at 5:13 am
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by Pyrrho - April 6, 2015 at 12:06 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by John V - April 6, 2015 at 12:30 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by dyresand - April 6, 2015 at 1:13 pm
RE: Was it necessary to create anything? - by RobertE - April 6, 2015 at 8:50 am

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