Re: All-knowing God/Free Will Vs Predestination?
Actually, I think the implication is there.
A god that uses the lives of others without impunity as the methodology to "teach" a lesson or "test" a person is an ass. There's no justice, reward, or punishment that is worth letting babies die of cholera if one is, in actuality (and in addition to other qualities), all-powerful AND wholly good. There's no justice, reward, or punishment that is worth letting a serial killer torture teen age girls to death if one is, in actuality (and in addition to other qualities), all-powerful AND wholly good. There's no justice, reward, or punishment that is worth letting slavery exist AND be defended in by your own representative text if one is, in actuality (and in addition to other qualities), all-powerful AND wholly good. There's no justice, reward, or punishment that is worth letting small children be assaulted by your own priesthood if one is, in actuality (and in addition to other qualities), all-powerful AND wholly good. Allowing these things to happen is not "free will" for the victims. Any god that claims to be ALL powerful and wholly good, and then favors (apparently) one town or city or person at the cost of others, is a deciever.
Originally posted by Dumuzi
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A god that uses the lives of others without impunity as the methodology to "teach" a lesson or "test" a person is an ass. There's no justice, reward, or punishment that is worth letting babies die of cholera if one is, in actuality (and in addition to other qualities), all-powerful AND wholly good. There's no justice, reward, or punishment that is worth letting a serial killer torture teen age girls to death if one is, in actuality (and in addition to other qualities), all-powerful AND wholly good. There's no justice, reward, or punishment that is worth letting slavery exist AND be defended in by your own representative text if one is, in actuality (and in addition to other qualities), all-powerful AND wholly good. There's no justice, reward, or punishment that is worth letting small children be assaulted by your own priesthood if one is, in actuality (and in addition to other qualities), all-powerful AND wholly good. Allowing these things to happen is not "free will" for the victims. Any god that claims to be ALL powerful and wholly good, and then favors (apparently) one town or city or person at the cost of others, is a deciever.
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