Cerpin Taxt
Lifer
- Feb 23, 2005
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A universe with only 3 elementary particles is logical. That doesn't mean it exists.There are many books written on the logical existence of the Judeo-Christian God and in the deity of Jesus Christ. I can direct you to them if you're truly interested in reading them, but there's far too much content in those books to distill down and type by hand into a forum post.
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But you didn't address your own question. If God is inerrantly knowledgeable of the future, then there is no choice, but merely its illusion. There isn't an alternative, therefore.God didn't "create evil". He created a being, Satan, who chose to be evil. Satan tempted Adam and Eve, and sadly, they chose to follow Satan instead of God... just as we are tempted by Satan and fall victim to those temptations today.So, the logical argument follows, "If God is all knowing, and he knew Satan would choose to be evil, why did He create Satan in the first place?" Personally, I'm glad that God gives us the choice of whether to follow God or to follow Satan and our own foolish, selfish, sinful desires. I think it would suck if we were all mindless automatons who didn't have the free will to choose. Think about it - which would be better, having your kids (wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend/whomever) love you and respect you because they have no other choice, or have them love you even though they have the choice to do otherwise? I don't presume to understand God... but it must be sweeter to have people love you and obey you not because they are required to or forced to but because they are willing to, even when there is an alternative.