Could A Good God Permit So Much Suffering?

gmark77 said:
Disagree. I can act evilly if I act in a way that is antithetical to what I value. If I value kindness and treat someone badly then I am acting "evilly".

If I want others to treat me well then it would be "evil" for me to treat them badly.
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That's strictly opinion. You are not pointing to any universal, objective standard framing that opinion.
gmark77 said:
In this discussion it is not changing the context. It is the exact context of most of these discussions. It has ever been thus with the discussion of the P.O.E.


Sacrifice is part and parcel of almost all religions. Even Christianity is founded on one single act of human sacrifice which is critical to the faith.
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Jesus elected to be killed. It was his goal. He wasn't sacrificed against his will.
I really doubt the children the Canaanites sacrificed, or the concubines and retainers of Emperors necessarily all willingly went to their ritual sacrifice.
 
Cypress said:
That's strictly opinion. You are not pointing to any universal, objective standard framing that opinion.
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Ummm, isn't that the same as your statement? Just your opinion?

Cypress said:
Jesus elected to be killed.
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Re-read his prayer in Gethsemane.

Cypress said:
I really doubt the children the Canaanites sacrificed, or the concubines and retainers of Emperors necessarily all willingly went to their ritual sacrifice.
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You don't know that, however. Imagine living in a society in which sacrifice was considered one of the highest offers to your god.
 
Hume said:
Why is that bad?
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Because giving us free will was the crowning touch of creating us in his image.

If you remove that you have removed humanity from the human race.

If that concept doesn't make sense to you, well it's not surprising based on your postings.
 
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