I believe those who believe in the biblical god also care about humanity, in general.
In summary, my question is basically this:
If god is omnipotent, why can he not have created a good-natured mankind to begin with while still allowing enough room for free will? Or why can he not give...
In other words, process doesn't matter, and result is what counts? I care for humanity. I feel for those who were tortured to death wrongly during witch-hunting, for example.
Mankind: Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7, 2:21-22
Tree: Genesis 2:9
Snake: Genesis 3:1
If I am wrong, let me ask you who else, in the biblical context, created these if not god?
But why can't god make us a little bit better, create this race just a little bit better from the beginning so that we all stay like kind, good-hearted brothers while still allowing room for free will? Surely, that should have been achievable? Why did he have to make snake and the apple...
Pegg, thank you so much for inspiring replies. While I don't agree with the concept, it does make sense even to me. Thank you so much.
So, it seems that free will is that important, more important than perfect world without tragedies, then... I guess this question is similar to questions...
I mean no offense, but to be honest, I least expected to reach agreements with or find inspirations in someone from judaism, but you really turned my view upside down. A BIG THANK YOU !!
Anyway, being omnipotent, but not choosing to stop tragedies (at least, short-term, apparent ones), and...
Thank you for your reply.
I really like the points you make and the way you hold your faith. It's great.
If possible, I'd like to know how you view the compatibility of omniscience and free will. In other words, god is omniscient, he knows all the future, the future is fixed, so is there...
Dear Peg, I am referring to your post no. 8. I am going a little bit off the topic (although deeply related), but what do you think about this?
A politician does something good. People praise her. The same politician does something bad. This time, people blame her.
(We can assume that...
I am seeing a bigger picture on this, but I am sure you won't agree.
I am saying that science is a religion because it is a faith system in logic, evidence, and proof. Basically, we are not disagreeing. If we disagree, it's most likely only because of the difference in the definition of the...
Sorry that I got you by surprise.
When I said this, I was referring to the post # 10.
Anyway, my question is whether you think that the article you quoted is also applicable to child soldiers' case. In short, there is no other way than to process tragedies by thinking that god has a plan...
Dear eselam, thank you for the article. But, I'd like to go back to my point about child soldiers discussed earlier.
So, does it mean that infants being forced to be child soldiers and kill their parents is necessary and positive in the long run? If I understand right, this is basically what...
It is my own faith system as summarized here:
What’s libraism? | Libraism by Yohei Sato (LYS)
An example can be like this:
There is a very bad guy. He does all sorts of bad things. But one day, his beloved child dies in a car accident. He tries to understand and accept this...