RE: Questions for "Our Role(s) as Christians on Atheist Forums"
May 17, 2018 at 11:27 am
(This post was last modified: May 17, 2018 at 11:27 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(May 17, 2018 at 11:21 am)Hammy Wrote:(May 17, 2018 at 11:14 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Allowing us humans to have free will and allowing this world to be a natural world, as a whole, will have a net good as far as the big picture goes, yes.
A net good over child rape and animal cruelty and all the worst things in the world? I definitely disagree.
Quote:This does not mean that each individual bad thing that happens or bad thing a person does, happens for a good reason or is "worth it." There is no good that comes from a child being raped. Ever.
We agree on that but you seem to think that God allows this for a good reason. You seem to think that if God intervened to prevent it then that wouldn't be a better thing for him to do than sit back and allow it to happen.
Free will, in and of itself, is overall a good thing. It allows us the freedom to understand the differences between good and evil and the freedom to choose between the two. It's part of what makes us free and rational beings. It's part of what makes us human. The existance of humanity will have a net good.
This does not mean that everything we use free will for will have a net good.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
