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To: D-fendr

I see Him as sovereign, just, and righteous. I do not see that He is obligated to be fair. In fact, as I pointed out, we don't really want fair. He is not cruel. He is sovereign and just and shows mercy to whom He will and whom He will He hardeneth. And yet, Man is without excuse. There is a tension there. No doubt. But to see God as other than sovereign, as obligated to do anything for humanity, is to strip Him of His deity.


3,552 posted on 01/02/2007 6:35:15 PM PST by Blogger
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To: Blogger
He is sovereign and just and shows mercy to whom He will and whom He will He hardeneth.

With helpless robots, this is just cruel. How can this view not be ruled by a capricious God?

I'm really sorry, but I cannot see how I can view it any differently. You have no choice, they have no choice - or, rather you would say, they would not do any differently, you would not do any differently. Through nothing you can do or think or feel or wish, you don't suffer their eternally damned fate - which is done as an example that you don't need anyway.

This goes round and round into meaninglessness existence.

3,553 posted on 01/02/2007 6:41:31 PM PST by D-fendr
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