@secondson saidIt would appear you are not interested in actual discussion of your positions.
Well, if it makes sense to me, what's wrong with you? Right?
By the way, "the problem of evil" isn't mine. It's the problem of those that don't understand or believe in the solution.
Which is fine. If all you want out of this forum is to hear yourself talk, that is up to you.
@secondson saidEither God can not prevent evil or He will not. If He can not then He is not all-powerful and if He will not then He is not perfectly loving. Due to the existence of evil, God can not be both.
How is it a contradiction in character for an all-powerful and perfectly loving God to allow evil to exist?
That's the general contradiction.
@wolfgang59 saidYou were indeed the inspiration behind the thread.
I saw "Greek gods" and thought this thread would be about me.
😢
@ghost-of-a-duke saidBut what if evil exists only as a sort of 'ultimate test' for man?
Either God can not prevent evil or He will not. If He can not then He is not all-powerful and if He will not then He is not perfectly loving. Due to the existence of evil, God can not be both.
That's the general contradiction.
And it's just pass/fail, no grades given.
@suzianne saidWhy would an all-loving God require such a test?!
But what if evil exists only as a sort of 'ultimate test' for man?
And it's just pass/fail, no grades given.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidYou know, separating the wheat from the chaff?
Why would an all-loving God require such a test?!
Your question is in line with "why require works?"
@suzianne saidWhy doesn't an all-loving God love the chaff?
You know, separating the wheat from the chaff?
Your question is in line with "why require works?"
@rookie54 saidi think you are crackers but you always make me smile
i've been tagged adonis
i must admit it was heady
i've also been tagged quasimodo
but i truly wasn't ready
@wolfgang59 saidTricky.
Separating the wit from the chavs is more productive.
I have known many chavs who are exceptionally witty.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidWithout suffering life would be somewhat bland, don't you think? So evil is necessary for us to live at all. So God reigns fire and brimstone upon us so we know we are alive.
Either God can not prevent evil or He will not. If He can not then He is not all-powerful and if He will not then He is not perfectly loving. Due to the existence of evil, God can not be both.
That's the general contradiction.
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@ghost-of-a-duke said"Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." -- Matthew 22:37-40, KJV
Why doesn't an all-loving God love the chaff?
The wheat follows these. The chaff does not.
"But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:" -- John 10:26-27, KJV
@deepthought saidHe could accomplish that with inferior chocolate. (No need for all the plague and pestilence).
So God reigns fire and brimstone upon us so we know we are alive.