Re: Is Christianity compatible with Determinism?
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:21 pm
Attofishpi wrote:
The child was too good to live and God wanted it in Heaven
The parents needed this learning experience
The child did not suffer as God miraculously took away its pain by endorphins, or some such rationalisation
All suffering is worthy in the eyes of God Who knows a heck of a lot more than we do.
and finally: God is too mysterious for us mortals to comprehend.
When you have demolished the hypotheses one after the other the believer repeats them.
I have admitted to Immanuel Can that indeed my ethics are subjective and that I hold them subjectively. IC seems not to know that he himself largely evolved as a creation of culture. Culture is subjective as it depends upon individuals working and living with others.
Believers tend to simplify by adding on hypotheses such asSo...all you need to do is provide an example where God is "showing benevolence" toward the parents or the child. SIMPLE!
The child was too good to live and God wanted it in Heaven
The parents needed this learning experience
The child did not suffer as God miraculously took away its pain by endorphins, or some such rationalisation
All suffering is worthy in the eyes of God Who knows a heck of a lot more than we do.
and finally: God is too mysterious for us mortals to comprehend.
When you have demolished the hypotheses one after the other the believer repeats them.
I have admitted to Immanuel Can that indeed my ethics are subjective and that I hold them subjectively. IC seems not to know that he himself largely evolved as a creation of culture. Culture is subjective as it depends upon individuals working and living with others.