The Problem of Evil

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  1. gophangover

    gophangover Well-Known Member

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    God created everything that exists, including evil, so that everyone has freedom of choice. Mind boggling that atheists believe in evil, but not God. But when confronted, they deny it exists, which is choosing it. They deny it, to justify their belief.
     
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    I thought that this was what you meant.

    But if that is not the case, then I apologize.

    Yes, I do.

    That is why I have difficulty with the story that Moses threw down a rod, and it turned into a serpent (a.k.a., a snake): To turn the inanimate into the living defies all logic, and seems to me to be inherently impossible.

    Likewise, the story of Jesus' feeding " a large crowd" with just five loaves of bread and two fish. I just cannot see how that is possible.

    So far as I am aware, the angels do not sin, as they are basically robotic creatures; but I would not wish to be made robotic. (This is why Christians, I believe, are inherently higher than the angels.)
     
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    Maybe you just don't understand how do did it from your limited technological perspective. Maybe in the future we will be able to create snakes or food from a matter or energy converter like a molecular printer.

    Angels are referenced in the bible several times and they do seem to have personalities and don't seem to be robotic at all and come across as high beings who serve and do things for God. Is there biblical support for this belief? However my main point is that when Christian get to heaven will they sin in heaven?
     
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    I am, in fact, amazed that it is now possible to create a functioning pistol from a 3-D printer.

    But I simply cannot imagine how it might ever be possible to create actual life from an inanimate object.

    I would not think so, as God represents moral perfection; and He would not wish to be surrounded with imperfect creatures.
     
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    Max Rockatansky Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    1) I think it's entirely possible to do anything that exists within the Natural Universe.

    2) A perfect entity would accept all things wouldn't it?
     
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    (1) Have you ever heard of life forms being created, in a laboratory, from inanimate objects?

    (2) If a "perfect entity" would "accept all things," why do you suppose that Jesus says that very few people will be rewarded with an eternity in heaven, whereas most will be consigned to an eternity in hell?
     
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