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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 7:36 pm
(May 16, 2015 at 12:17 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:
(May 16, 2015 at 11:00 am)whateverist Wrote: ...



That is because god wants us to have free will so we can choose to slit our wrists instead of rising to His challenges.  Didn't you get the memo? 
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Yes, there is free will in heaven.
No, there is no evil in heaven.


Is this a problem? Logically, if everyone in heaven has freely chosen to obey God, then there is no evil or sin. The stupidity of the above is found in the assumption that free will MUST result in evil. It doesn't.

Look at it this way: 

Do kids in a classroom have free will? Yes.
Can they choose to be disruptive when there is a substitute teacher? Yes.
Can they choose to be obedient instead? Yes.
Is there any problem in the classroom in that case? No.
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RE: Perfect, Best of Possible, or Better than Nothing: Which criterion? - by Randy Carson - May 16, 2015 at 7:36 pm

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