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Would God need to be all-powerful to create earth and life on it, or just powerful enough?
Just powerful enough I think. If there is a god, he/she's obviously limited. You can tell by the results!
Just powerful enough I think. If there is a god, he/she's obviously limited. You can tell by the results!
That is quite the philosphical can of worms you opened there. If God created us then he had some big decisions to make. Do I give these folks free will or just make them incapable of bad choices? Do I try to create a Utopia? Or try to make them perfect?
Why is that a big decision, can't a God fix any problem that might arise?
Would any decision really cause consternation in a perfect, divine, omnipotent being?
And, we all appreciate the free will - but why invent pedophilia? Why give us the ability to destroy the planet? Would you let your kidspolay with a hand grenade? Just throwing random questions out there...
Would God need to be all-powerful to create earth and life on it, or just powerful enough?
Or invaluable.Uh, by the very definition, God is omnipotent, omniscient AND omnipresent. Thus such a being is forever beyond human perception, and its existence is an article of faith...unproven...unprovable...Hence of little value.
And, we all appreciate the free will - but why invent pedophilia? Why give us the ability to destroy the planet? Would you let your kidspolay with a hand grenade? Just throwing random questions out there...
The answer to that is quite clear, isn't it?That is quite the philosphical can of worms you opened there. If God created us then he had some big decisions to make. Do I give these folks free will or just make them incapable of bad choices? Do I try to create a Utopia? Or try to make them perfect?
There is a break in your logic: Using your same standard of proof, A doctor can't prove that his diagnosis is perfect, but it is still of value.Uh, by the very definition, God is omnipotent, omniscient AND omnipresent. Thus such a being is forever beyond human perception, and its existence is an article of faith...unproven...unprovable...Hence of little value.
Uh, by the very definition, God is omnipotent, omniscient AND omnipresent. Thus such a being is forever beyond human perception, and its existence is an article of faith...unproven...unprovable...Hence of little value.
Because then it isn't free will. Free will is basically the same concept as free speech if you're going to allow it then you have to allow all of it. Including the the worst choices people could possibly make.
If God is all powerful, then is he able to create a boulder so heavy he can't even lift it?
That assumes we have the full range of options, how do we know what we can and can't think of? Assuming God gave us free-will we probably don't have the range of thoughts and choices God does, and he obviously would have free will... so how free is our will? And wouldn't we be free to do everything we've done without a few 'options'?
Meaning, could we still have society and art and expression and good and evil etc. WITHOUT having little kids get molested, without the ability to poison the planet, or nuke it?
Maybe there are far worse things - and he did prevent us from thinking of them.... toughy.
The short answer to all of that is no. There is no grey area when it comes to free will. Either you have it or you don't.
...it just doesn't make any sense that a god would put limitations on us.
Cool, but based on what exactly? How could we ever know?