technically pointy rocks are superior to humans, since they can so easily pierce our skin.
Yes it'd be an intervention, that's what I said. And my point was that it wouldn't have to take free will away from anyone, because an omnipotent being would be capable of that. An omnipotent being could literally do it in an infinite number of ways even if you can not grasp it with a human mind.
Honestly that just seems to raise some heavy moral implications. We're all those people killed in the Holocaust just part of some wicked test? And a test for whom? An omniscient God would already know everything.
You can't really make that type of thread here and expect it to not turn into that though. I can't even expect y'all to keep cumming on your own faces to yourselves, apparently
The difference between people cumming on their own faces and religion is that one of those topics is always amusing to read and talk about.
That's not at all what I said?
One of the reasons why humans are not up there in heaven is for this reason. God gave people the freedom to do what they want and choose the path they want to go. Intervention in human affairs that happens today would take away from that.
Part of the problem is that information is only world-shattering for some people. Bart Ehrman, noted Biblical scholar, had his worldview altered when he noticed there were thousands of different manuscripts. I think only after did the problem of evil become a bigger theological argument for him. For some people, the problem of evil didn't matter until the abuses of the Church took something very precious away from them-- and that's not me thinking less of them. For some people, it was some entirely different aspect of world religion and the problem of evil wasn't a major concern.
God has constantly interfered with humanity. why not stop someone like hitler or change his heart or do any number of things that do not necessarily interfere with free will?
I do not not have the bible memorised, so sorry if I'm just paraphrasin. In a particular parable a father gave to each of their sons different a amount of money. After a year, he expected more return from the son who got the biggest quantity and very little from the one whi got the least. In other words, he expects different from different life situations.
If I had the power to immediately stop all suffering and I chose to not do it because I really wanted to see how people would react to it, people would judge me pretty hard. And they'd be completely right.
So you don't believe in miracles? Or prayers? Does god no longer act on the behalf of humans because he's laid out a blueprint to follow in jesus?
Usually very hands off from these threads, but the father punished the one who received the less amount of money because he did nothing to multiply it. It's a story about rewarding faith not different expectations.
I'm not a Calvinist, so I disagree with this. But Calvinist state that this is true
Nah he's canonically salty AF about humans. Dude needs to let it go.
But he expected different from different sons. The one who got little got punished because he did nothing, not because he did less than the other sons. The son son who got middle of the road got the same reward even though he did less than the richest one.
and yeah, it's stated a few times in the New Testament at least. Rich people have to do way more to be worthy of heaven or salvation or what have you than people who have actually had to struggle in life.
We arent code though. We are living, breathing things with consciousness. We feel and think
I honestly don't know why he didn't intervene. I'm sure he has his justifications for what he lets happen and not happen. I can rest easy knowing though that those who do evil will get judged accordingly and justice will get served. Whether that be in this world like the flood, or not in this world like hell.
The canonical answer is that the people who suffered the most will get the bigger rewards in the after life.
Cristianity does not recognize Mohamed and protestants do not recognize miracles after Jesus.
There's a really simple way of avoiding eternal suffering though. If people don't want to accept that free gift, then that's on them.
Let's put it like this. We have yet to find a substantial difference between code and life. And many scientist believe that there is none.
I literally do not know this. Only that the threshold for being good is much lower.
How can you chose if you were denied the opportunity to exist in the first place.
I do not know this. Right now I wouldn't chose stop existing, though.
This is always the most cruel answer that I can imagine but its always the heart of all the discussion we have about suffering and empathy. Yet it also perfectly captures the Christian belief. Its the staple of what salvation is.
