A God-limited God - My Theodicy A theodicy is a justification of God's ways to man. This is my theodicy, based on the Bible and reason. Comments appreciated. Most of the so-called "contradictions" in the Bible, such as a loving God lashing out at sinners, practically committing genocide, or a loving God allowing tsunamis to happen, or a loving God allowing evil and suffering in this world, can be attributed to a misunderstanding of God's true nature. For reason, as well as the Bible, indicate that God has willingly limited his possible actions in this world to accord with his own pre-existing righteousness as well as the pre-existing truths of necessary reason. Thus that Christ had to die on the cross, instead of having the sins of mankind simply forgiven by God, can be justified by God's righteousness. That is, even God must obey his own justice. Similarly, God must obey the physics of his creation. Physical disasters happen. God can't make 2+2 =5. God lets the rain fall on the just as well as the unjust. And God has given man free will, so that men can do evil as well as good. Although God has unlimited power in the kingdom of Heaven, in this imperfect, contingent world he has had to limit his powers of action. - Roger Clough -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everyth...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-li...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
Hi Craig Weinberg
Many are called, but few are chosen.
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Hi meekerdb God causes everything to happen, so good, evil, cholera, good health, etc. Some of these he prefers, some not.
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Hi Craig Weinberg
Then you believe that God exists.That's a good start.
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Even God cannot make 17 into a prime.
Hi Craig Weinberg
So you belong to the liberal thought police then.
Not only can one not have freedom of speech, one cannothave freedom of beliefs. Liberalism is fascism, it seems.
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Hi Craig Weinberg
They don't make sense to you but they do makemake sense to me. Could it be that you are a lowinformation, low understanding person ?
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Hi Craig WeinbergCould a blind man stub his toe ?
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Hi Craig Weinberg
But nothing would exist for a blind man,since he can see nothing.
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Hi Craig Weinberg
That's quite a stretch. You really expect me to believethat a rock in the path of a blind man walking wouldbe detected by him ? Of course he could detect it with his cane,but what if he had none ?
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Hi Craig Weinberg
This get sillier the more realistically we examine your claim.It would also make an interesting experiment to record with a videocamset off with a trip wire that could be posted on Youtube.How fast is the object of perception created in the brain?
How fast would the rock be created ?
Would it start being created at the point of contact, or all over ?
Would that be faster than the blind man's reaction time ?
Would there be a heat of solidification required ?Would that heat or cool the surrounding area ?
Would the creation of the rock show up on a videocamrecording the eventCould we hear that happen ? What would the creation of a rock sound like ?
How does the speed of creation of the rock compare with the blind man'sreaction time to contacting the rock ?What would his perception look like to a blind man?
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Hi Craig Weinberg
Obviously you don't want to have a rational discussion.