RE: Why did god create evil?
November 25, 2011 at 1:46 pm
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2011 at 2:28 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Agreed, god isn't "a bodiless being out in space", in fact, he doesn't seem to be anywhere at all.. hehehe. Common ground with borderline nut-jobs ftw!
Btw, Tack, Eve never had a chance, god knew exactly what was going to happen did he not? Chance or choice assumes that there are at least two options, two outcomes. If god already knew the outcome, it was set. There was only one way it was going to turn out. Precognitive ability (whether possessed a by god, a human being, or some rock somewhere) annihilates choice, chance, free will, etc. If you want to keep one or the other of these things (gods precognitive abilities, or our free will) you'll have to make a choice as to which is more important to you. Were I a christian, I'd keep free will, alot of the story rides on free will, not so much on god's ability to foretell the future.
Btw, Tack, Eve never had a chance, god knew exactly what was going to happen did he not? Chance or choice assumes that there are at least two options, two outcomes. If god already knew the outcome, it was set. There was only one way it was going to turn out. Precognitive ability (whether possessed a by god, a human being, or some rock somewhere) annihilates choice, chance, free will, etc. If you want to keep one or the other of these things (gods precognitive abilities, or our free will) you'll have to make a choice as to which is more important to you. Were I a christian, I'd keep free will, alot of the story rides on free will, not so much on god's ability to foretell the future.
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