On Tuesday 15 May 2007 7:58 am, Wolfe, Stephen S YA-02 6 MDSS/SGSI wrote: > That's actually pretty good theology. Hi Stephen!
Thanks! Have to credit the Jesuits at University of Detroit where I completed a minor in Theology. At one time I considered being a priest but I decided I wanted to get closer to women than priests are allowed to get. As it turned out, I may as well have been a priest, my parents would have been so proud. > You are creating a problem that you don't really have to create. God can > be omnipotent and create all kinds of creatures, including dumb creatures, > without having to explain Himself to anyone, for one thing. > > For another thing, if his "smart" creatures use their free will to > rebel, that is within the design specification of "smart" creatures so it >isn't a mistake by God but rather a mistake by the "smart" creatures >because . . . > > By rebelling the "smart" creatures take *themselves* out of the garden, > having seen the example of Adam and Eve and having decided it didn't apply >to them. God doesn't torture them, they deliver themselves to the devil for > torture. The dumb creatures? They believe, do good, and are saved. -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
