RE: The Ultimate Why There Is Evil in the World Thread.
May 14, 2015 at 6:52 pm
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2015 at 6:53 pm by Pyrrho.)
(May 14, 2015 at 5:59 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: ...
First, God has no wants or needs. He is perfect in and of Himself.
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If that were true, God would never have created anything. He would not create if he did not want to create. Indeed, he would not do anything, if he did not want to do anything.
Therefore, since God (as described in the Bible) does various things, God does want things. And, as you rightly point out, that means he must not be perfect, or he would not have created anything.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
