Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemWell, this hypothetical god would be more accurately called an IT. Unless you figure it is a male a million light years long with a thousand light year long dick.....
Because he would know evil was about to happen, have the power to stop it, and want to stop it...and yet, he doesn't.
The only way out of this contradiction is to deny his existence.
It would not be male or female, it would be something not matter but something we at present have no idea what it could be if in fact it is at all, which I doubt, but it is a noticably large universe so anything is possible, some thiings more possible than others.
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Originally posted by @eladar"So if free will is allowed God is immoral."
So if free will is allowed God is immoral.
But hey, do you get to define what is evil? You keep throwing around these undefined terms as if you have the definition.
Prevention of evil acts does not deprive the would-be actor of free will.
As for "evil", let's start with the standard definition and work from there.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/evil
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Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemGod defines what is good and evil not man.
"So if free will is allowed God is immoral."
Prevention of evil acts does not deprive the would-be actor of free will.
As for "evil", let's start with the standard definition and work from there.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/evil
A bit arrogant of you to suppose you can tell me where to look for the definition of evil.
Originally posted by @eladarDidn't they teach you about dictionaries in whatever backwater inbred village you grew up in? 😕
God defines what is good and evil not man.
A bit arrogant of you to suppose you can tell me where to look for the definition of evil.
And let me know when God starts posting on this forum; until then, we'll just have to make do with our own definitions.
Originally posted by @wolfgang59There is no accepted definition.
Where is that definition?
If you reject the God is automatically good and evil is in oposition to what God calls good, then we will never agree upon the terms.
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Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemI answer to God, not man.
Didn't they teach you about dictionaries in whatever backwater inbred village you grew up in? 😕
And let me know when God starts posting on this forum; until then, we'll just have to make do with our own definitions.
If you want to call Redlands California backwater and inbred that is up to you.
Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemIf you call a Christian a troll then so be it. If a person disagrees with my badic definition of good vs evil then that person is not a Christian.
So, when it comes to this forum, you're just a troll.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Btw, a nice way of ensuring the dominance of your circular reasoning. If a person disagrees that person is a troll. How quaint.
Originally posted by @eladarBut didn't you yourself say, a couple of pages ago, "I am not the one who claims I am correct." ? So who is claiming you are are correct, if not you?
If a person disagrees with my basic definition of good vs evil then that person is not a Christian.
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Originally posted by @fmfI am correct about my point of view. I do not claim to correct about another person's point of view.
But didn't you yourself say, a couple of pages ago, "I am not the one who claims I am correct." ? So who is claiming you are are correct, if not you?
This is the difference. No one can force another to accept the other person's definitions. He claimed that I must conform to the definition he believes or be a troll.
He believes others must conform to definitions of terms based on his worldview.
I do not demand that others conform to mine. Any such demand will be made by God and any consequence of rejecting it will be dealt with by God.