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To: AntiGuv
"If he defined the parameters to include the enactment of anything he deems evil, then he is either an evil god or a dualist god."

How do you structure free will without the potential for evil? Without that potential, it's not free will.

That God chose to introduce free will into the Universe, does not make Him evil.

The bottom line is that God is the Creator. His instructions for you are that you "depart from evil and do good". If you fail to do that, you will answer to Him. He will not answer to you. The sooner you understand that basic truth, the better off you are.

Job 28:28 - And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Psalms 34:14 - Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalms 37:27 - Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

Proverbs 3:7 - Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Proverbs 13:19 - The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

Proverbs 16:6 - By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Proverbs 16:17 - The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Micah 6:8 - He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Regardless of what philosifical arguments you want to bring against God, the bottom line is that you will answer to Him, for the things that you have done and the things that you have failed to do. A pardon is available if you are wise enough to accept it.

118 posted on 04/11/2005 12:13:57 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

I see. Well, the answer is that you structure free will without the potential for evil by structuring free will without the potential for evil. A god who cannot do that is not omnipotent.


124 posted on 04/11/2005 12:17:39 PM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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To: DannyTN

PS. I didn't say that I wouldn't answer to god assuming a god exists. I said that the arguments that gods exist are irrational or irrelevent from a practical standpoint. All the stuff you posted are various irrational reasons to believe that the described god exists. You have a capacity to behave in an irrational manner, so by all means don't hold yourself back on my account! (I doubt you require my condonement anyhow)


129 posted on 04/11/2005 12:21:17 PM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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