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03-22-05

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a) That doesn't actually equate at all. That's rather like saying Moses created the Torah, thus the Holocaust is his fault. The long-term end implications of a gift are up to the receiver, not the giver. You're also still partially assuming that either you understand the laws of logic or that God is capable of transcending them. It may simply be that the possibility for evil is a necessary trait in free will. If you want to then argue that that means that God is responsible for evil, but I would still rather retain my suffering and free will than lose both.

b) Since I don't believe in a Hell, this doesn't have a lot of impact on me, but the punishment for our own evil actions is sown largely in the acts themselves. Evil acts usually bite the committers of said acts on the ass.

c) This is another example of the "Can God create a rock so heavy" argument; you're trying to define a fault as a power. Evil in it's most basic form simply means that which is bad for us. To say that God is without evil is essentially the same as saying that God is without fault, and saying that Man transcends the power of God because we invented evil is nearly identical to saying we transcend the power of God because we invented failure.
Yes, I did adress the problems directly. And I didn't go around them. Please don't try to condescend to me. If you disagree with my analysis, that's fine and dandy, but I do not consider the arguments that you've raised strong, nor any stronger because some crusty old men have agreed with you. Don't try to say "ask the theologians" like there's this uananimous council that agrees with you (as if that would be an argument if there were).


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