tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246248744583059.post743915451450026952..comments2023-03-23T02:04:52.956-07:00Comments on Tommy Holland's Vision: Free Will in HeavenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246248744583059.post-28448199852523778762010-10-17T07:40:56.167-07:002010-10-17T07:40:56.167-07:00There is a strange dichotomy to the whole Christia...There is a strange dichotomy to the whole Christian description of God. He is "all-powerful" (per dogma) yet He is constrained in countless ways (per the state of the observed world.)<br /><br />He can't make us happy; erm...that would exclude free will. He can't prevent the natural disasters that kill countless innocents for some reason [waves hands about.] He can't detect the ill will of some malevolent person and intercede NOW in a way that would protect victims because something something Hellfire.<br /><br />We can all think of myriad things we could do better if we were benevolent and omnipotent. How would we judge a mere human being if he blithely watched a toddler wander into traffic?<br /><br />Maybe God doesn't have free will.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865502910365631855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246248744583059.post-11022760835548146782010-10-16T19:34:04.529-07:002010-10-16T19:34:04.529-07:00So I had to skip some of the last part to get to b...So I had to skip some of the last part to get to bed, but I have to say, you're final two arguments didn't manage to hit the one I was thinking of: If the only thing that would cse humans to exercise their "free will" in order to do something contrary to God's commands would be "Satan"... then what is the difference between "Satan" and "Free Will"?!? After all... it seems that both are basically <i>defined</i> according to "This is the thingy that will allow you to do Y even if God says X..."<br /><br />Which gets double-worse if your theodicy is "God gave us free will" (i.e. Satan), "hence evil." Oh shiiiiiiiittttt....James Sweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212877636980569324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246248744583059.post-6742483863364580902010-10-16T08:42:10.747-07:002010-10-16T08:42:10.747-07:00Awesome post!! I found this via Ed Brayton on Sci...Awesome post!! I found this via Ed Brayton on Science Blogs.Gygeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622989816410529247noreply@blogger.com