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Originally Posted by kmkemp
I have heard more than I care to an argument that goes along these lines:
God is sadistic so why should I worship Him? If he tortures people for eternity, then I would gladly choose hell rather than spend eternity with Him. There is no justice or love or mercy in an infinite punishment for a finite crime (sin).
I hope that was an adequate paraphrase. The line of arguments quickly develops into a mockery of Bible verses about God's unsearchable ways. My purpose is to ask a question. Why do you (if you dare to use the above arguments) dare to question God? Let's look at the situation another way. One of two things are true.
1. God exists.
2. God doesn't exist.
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I don't think that you've presented the real alternatives involved in the scenario you've presented. Here's how I see it:
1. Your God does not exist.
2a. Your God exists, and is apparently self-contradictory (for example, what you described above: a "benevolent" God who takes pleasure in torturing people).
2b. Your God exists, is not self-contradictory, but has not been adequately explained by you (for example, His torment of people in Hell is actually an act of love in some way, but you have not shown how that could be) or you don't know His true nature (for example, maybe He
does take pleasure in torturing people needlessly and therefore isn't loving or benevolent, even though He claims He is).
If you take a self-contradictory God as an impossibility, then you can rule out 2a. That's all the argument really says.
07-23-2007, 10:26 AM
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