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To: knightforhire

Odd idea.

A god who sets up a system and lets it run by itself to see what happens is inherently evil? (Not that this is necessarily what I believe happened, it’s more or less a paraphrase of your description.)

Then what would you call a god who creates intelligent beings but allows them free will to perform evil on each other? Seems that’s an even greater abdication of responsibility.


11 posted on 11/21/2012 1:04:03 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan

“Then what would you call a god who creates intelligent beings but allows them free will to perform evil on each other? Seems that’s an even greater abdication of responsibility.”
The alternative to free will is slavery to God. How is that am improvement?


20 posted on 11/21/2012 1:16:05 PM PST by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: Sherman Logan
"Then what would you call a god who creates intelligent beings but allows them free will to perform evil on each other? Seems that’s an even greater abdication of responsibility."

You have identified the very reason this is not the God of the Bible.

24 posted on 11/21/2012 1:20:19 PM PST by Dutchboy88
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