Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion?

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Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion?

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RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion?

May 16, 2015 at 6:38 pm

(May 16, 2015 at 5:48 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Why isn't there any free will in heaven?

It is simple.

When people ask, why is there evil in the world?, many times, theists say it is because of free will (never mind the fact that free will does not explain earthquakes, diseases, etc., etc., etc.). If free will causes evil, then either there is evil in heaven, or there is no free will in heaven. If people have free will in heaven and there is no evil in heaven, then having free will does not explain evil here and now. Basically, a lot of Christians have inconsistent gibberish that they believe, or they would not say the idiotic things they say.

So, why is there evil in the world, if there is a god who is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly benevolent? Or do you deny that there is such a god?

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."

— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.

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Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Hatshepsut - May 15, 2015 at 3:52 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Cyberman - May 15, 2015 at 3:54 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Hatshepsut - May 15, 2015 at 4:20 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Whateverist - May 16, 2015 at 11:00 am

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Pyrrho - May 16, 2015 at 12:17 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Randy Carson - May 16, 2015 at 7:36 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Randy Carson - May 16, 2015 at 7:39 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by AFTT47 - May 15, 2015 at 4:42 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Pyrrho - May 15, 2015 at 6:19 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Hatshepsut - May 16, 2015 at 8:51 am

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by The Grand Nudger - May 16, 2015 at 8:57 am

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by robvalue - May 16, 2015 at 9:01 am

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by The Grand Nudger - May 16, 2015 at 9:04 am

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Hatshepsut - May 16, 2015 at 10:06 am

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by robvalue - May 16, 2015 at 10:24 am

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Neo-Scholastic - May 16, 2015 at 5:48 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by dyresand - May 16, 2015 at 6:29 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Pyrrho - May 16, 2015 at 6:38 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Minimalist - May 16, 2015 at 6:06 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Hatshepsut - May 16, 2015 at 7:26 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Nope - May 16, 2015 at 7:37 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Nope - May 16, 2015 at 8:07 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Minimalist - May 16, 2015 at 8:14 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Randy Carson - May 17, 2015 at 9:43 am

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by dyresand - May 17, 2015 at 9:54 am

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Neo-Scholastic - May 17, 2015 at 1:35 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by dyresand - May 17, 2015 at 2:55 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by The Grand Nudger - May 17, 2015 at 6:25 am

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by ignoramus - May 17, 2015 at 8:08 am

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Neo-Scholastic - May 17, 2015 at 3:37 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by dyresand - May 17, 2015 at 4:40 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by The Grand Nudger - May 17, 2015 at 6:42 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Nope - May 17, 2015 at 6:50 pm

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by robvalue - May 18, 2015 at 1:13 am

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Pyrrho - May 18, 2015 at 8:27 am

RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by robvalue - May 19, 2015 at 6:12 am

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