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['Member']Joined: September 12, 2020 at 06:11Last active: November 15, 2020 at 22:412 discussions14 comments

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Hi! I’d like to make a few comments on your post: The classic fatalism argument, when applying to God, is that: 1,If God knew, before creating the uni...
November 13, 2020 at 14:58
Firstly, evil isn’t put to the world by God. Borrowing from the free will defense, evil is the result of human free will, and it has nothing to do wit...
November 12, 2020 at 18:11
I see -- thank you for proving thoughts here, appreciate that!
October 14, 2020 at 00:13
To paraphrase a bit, your original argument may have this form: 1, Yahweh is good and all Yahweh wants is good. 2, Children who suffer terribly and di...
October 13, 2020 at 23:47
I don't think that's true and I don't think many Protestants hold this belief as long as they acknowledge that if you're not in heaven sins are not eq...
October 13, 2020 at 17:53
Thanks for the detailed explanations, I think these may help to solve the problem. And yet, can you talk a little bit about how do you, as an optimist...
October 13, 2020 at 17:03
the argument of you provides some essential ideas, but I also want to add on something: your argument follows that, 1, The existence of objective beau...
October 13, 2020 at 16:05
And the problem seems to be that, positive nihilists know there is an eternity, and will they find religious belief to be good or beneficial in this c...
October 13, 2020 at 12:12
I think what Nietzsche believes to be the best response to eternity is that you should put yourself at the center and see and act form your own perspe...
October 13, 2020 at 12:11
Sure. Nietzsche believes that Christianity is a rational morality and all it does to people is that it “enslaves” them by telling them what to do, thr...
October 13, 2020 at 12:09
What I'm trying to say here is that omnipotence is logically possible only if with this definition in the parentheses, which is (x is an ability/capab...
September 15, 2020 at 09:06
It is true that we shouldn’t know about history merely by etymology, and it’s reasonable for non-Christians to question such problems like Paul isn't ...
September 15, 2020 at 07:45
Gregory, By saying what you’ve said in the earliest post, your argument may follow this form: 1.Jesus’s resurrection is the gist of Christianity becau...
September 14, 2020 at 07:18
TheMadFool, Your original argument may follow this form: 1.Every creature is equal in the sight of an omnibenevolent god. 2.If god loves all his creat...
September 14, 2020 at 07:12