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01-06-2003, 04:06 PM | #61 |
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Dr. Rick:
> > The perfect, omni-god of Christianity is a logical > > contradiction because of the existence of evil. > > This doesn't mean that a lesser god couldn't exist, > > but one that loves, knows, and can do all could not. crc: That's my position. I think it's bulletproof. luvluv: > I know that I made a pretty good showing of why that's > not the case, and even were I to doubt my own abilities > matt ballman absolutely hit that one out of the park on > a thread involving both you and Thomas Metcalf. So I'm > wondering why you are still parading that argument out > here like we have never discussed it? This is exciting to me. I would love it if you'd repost your arguments, or direct me to where I can read them. Or we could start another thread to discuss just this. > <snip> > For instance, mattballman made an excellent > defense from the standpoint of salvation recipients. > In order to prove the existence of excessive evil, the > atheologian would have to prove that as many, or > more, salvation recipients would result from a world > with less suffering. This is obviously impossible. I don't understand. If he wanted to, couldn't god save everybody in any world? crc |
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