The Ultimate Why There Is Evil in the World Thread.

[dahrling]

Got kids? Ever coach a little league team? We require things of others that are in their best interest, don't we? And if we who are mere human parents and coaches ask of those of whom we have charge, how much more would it be reasonable to understand that God may require things of us in preparation for entering into His presence?

No, I do not require anything of others if it is in their best interest. 
And that is the problem with your argument. If god requires us to worship him, then he is the one who needs us. 

Because unlike God, we are not infinite.

That's a great way to both start and end arguments. "It's like this because god says it is."

No. God did not participate nor assist us in choosing to sin against Him. He does not provide aid nor material support of any type to those who wish to do things that are offensive to Him and to us.



It might make people feel less guilty or even guilt-free to pursue this line of reasoning when they are doing things which they know in their heart of hearts that they should not do, but it is a dead end. Truly. Dead.

Isn't god omnipresent and omnipotent? If so, at this very moment he is currently observing someone (somewhere in the world) being raped or murdered or harassed, and that person might even be crying for his help, but he is choosing not to intervene. And if he is choosing not to intervene while observing a crime that he has the power to stop then he's an accomplice to it.