31 Aug 05
Originally posted by Halitoseuse his power for worldly reasons,,,, King of the World..
Not die?
You think Christ needed to be told He could do that, not to mention how dangerous the supposed Devil would have known getting anywhere near Christ would be since Christ could have ended the Devil's existence with a Word.
31 Aug 05
Originally posted by frogstompThis is getting a little confusing. You don't believe Christ's temptation in the desert as portrayed in the gospels?
use his power for worldly reasons,,,, King of the World..
You think Christ needed to be told He could do that, not to mention how dangerous the supposed Devil would have known getting anywhere near Christ would be since Christ could have ended the Devil's existence with a Word.
31 Aug 05
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Originally posted by checkbaiterSounds too clever by half.
Of course satan was an angel once. And he was cast down for his rebellion. But God is omnipotent, that is He already knew satan would rebel before He created him. So why did he create evil in the first place?
Why create evil....big g is obviously a twisted demented nasty piece of work
31 Aug 05
Originally posted by aardvarkhomeWhy create evil
Sounds too clever by half.
Why create evil....big g is obviously a twisted demented nasty piece of work
Lets have a quick run of rudimentary logic here. Feel free to change...
1. If God created man truly seperate and free to choose his own actions, then that very creative act allows the possibility of circumstances which God deems unacceptable.
2. These cirsumstances deemed unacceptible by God are called evil.
3. Hence, if anything other than God exists, then the possibility of evil must also exist.
31 Aug 05
Originally posted by HalitoseFrom a review of Primo Levi's book If This is a Man.
[b]Do you recognise the warum quote?
I'm afraid not. Pray enlighten...[/b]
"The immense camp where Levi and his fellow-prisoners suffered and mostly died never produced a pound of synthetic rubber, which was its ostensible purpose. Its real purpose was death. On one occasion, denied even an icicle to assuage thirst, he asked in his broken German, ‘Warum?’ The guard replied, ‘Hier ist kein warum’ (there is no why here)."
31 Aug 05
Originally posted by Bosse de NageOkay. I guess you can look at it from the perspective that God, having created a creature that is capable of both evil and good, created evil.
From a review of Primo Levi's book If This is a Man.
"The immense camp where Levi and his fellow-prisoners suffered and mostly died never produced a pound of synthetic rubber, which was its ostensible purpose. Its real purpose was death. On one occasion, denied even an icicle to assuage thirst, he asked in his broken German, ‘Warum?’ The guard replied, ‘Hier ist kein warum’ (there is no why here)."