On May 14, 2007, at 1:11 PM, Wolfe, Stephen S YA-02 6 MDSS/SGSI wrote:
> Are we addressing this problem?
>
> Here's the Problem of Evil in a nutshell: "Why did a personal, loving
> God create a world in which evil exists?" "Why did God give man
> freedom
> to commit evil acts?" Atheists reason, "Surely an all-knowing God of
> Love would not allow evil to exist in His world."
>
> Isn't the above the crux/nexus of what is being discussed here?
Not exactly. What we are discussing is the claim that God is
omnipotent, and thus man is exactly the way he wants them to be. They
have exactly the range of intelligence, insight, wisdom, and
compassion levels that he wanted them to have. Then, when they turn
out exactly as he designed them, he gets angry at them and tortures
them for all eternity.
The question of evil in the world is quite different. This is more a
question of responsibility. If I design something and it fails, it is
not the fault of my design, it is my fault. If I am incapable of
fault, then what you've called a failure is in fact a "feature",
since in my omnipotence I created it exactly the way I wanted it.
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