In article <7mt9oa$8l9$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,
peppermill at my-deja.com wrote:
> In article <3792087d.12648219 at news.meganews.com>,
>stoney at stoney.net (stoney) wrote:
> > , "dp3" <DP333 at prodigy.net> wrote:
> >
> > [>peppermill at my-deja.com wrote..
> > [>>I think the common answer is that God gave free will, and as a
> result
> > [>>stays his hand. Certainly not something people do.
> > [>but god is supposedly omniscient and therefore knew all the
> horrible things
> > [>man would do with his so called free will before he gave it him.
> its a poor
> > [>argument for a benevolent god. and thats not even getting into the
> inherent
> > [>contradiction involved in believing in both the concept of man
> having
> > [>freewill and the idea of a judeo/cristian god.
> >
> > Not only that, but the direct action taken by god in throwing stones
> in battle,
> > the ordering of genocidal operations, and in hardening pharoh's
heart
> eliminate
> > free will.
> >
> > /begin
> > [>Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not
> omnipotent.
> > [>Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
> > [>Is he both able and willing? Then whence commeth evil?
> > [>Is he neither able nor willing? When why call him god?
> > [> -Epicurus
> >
> > /end
> >
> > [>dan
> >
> > Stoney
> >
> True. But then, if there is a God, I don't suppose he is confined to
> anyone's stereotypes.
> Peppermill
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It's also possible that, in His omniscience, he sees more good in
things than we do. Who knows, all this shit we go through may be the
way to evolving at least some of us into the kind of creatures He
desires.
Peppermill
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