RE: How far reaching are God's powers?
November 11, 2020 at 12:53 pm
(This post was last modified: November 11, 2020 at 1:02 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
@MilesAbbott81
Are you at all concerned with the issues our present lack of free will would pose for any assertion that we are, then, deservedly x for our sins?
Bit like punishing a toaster for making bagels, isn't it? Are we morally responsible for that which we cannot change, that which we cannot fail to do, that which we cannot fail to be? Beyond issues of god's moral state, in what way do we possess moral agency or do we possess moral responsibilities in this very specific context if we do not possess a meaningfully free will within said context?
A shorter version - how can we be meaningfully good or bad, in that case?
Are you at all concerned with the issues our present lack of free will would pose for any assertion that we are, then, deservedly x for our sins?
Bit like punishing a toaster for making bagels, isn't it? Are we morally responsible for that which we cannot change, that which we cannot fail to do, that which we cannot fail to be? Beyond issues of god's moral state, in what way do we possess moral agency or do we possess moral responsibilities in this very specific context if we do not possess a meaningfully free will within said context?
A shorter version - how can we be meaningfully good or bad, in that case?
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