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<blockquote data-quote="Blindwatchmaker" data-source="post: 75797762" data-attributes="member: 433382"><p>Clearly, lots of people find this line of reasoning compelling.</p><p>But this really limits God in quite a significant way.</p><p>God could have made a universe in which all living creatures had free will but were not inclined to sin.</p><p>(This is how many people imagine we will be in Heaven so such a state must be possible).</p><p>But he chose to make humans flawed and imperfect and liable to transgress his laws.</p><p>This is all very anthropomorphic again. Poor old Gold being upset at the actions of humans.</p><p></p><p>But being all-knowing he would have known that humans would have the nature HE gave them.</p><p>That's the problem with being all-powerful. The buck stops with you.</p><p></p><p>If I was a god and felt like creating a universe and populating it with people, I would make them in a way I knew would please me, or not make them at all if I didn't think I could manage that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blindwatchmaker, post: 75797762, member: 433382"] Clearly, lots of people find this line of reasoning compelling. But this really limits God in quite a significant way. God could have made a universe in which all living creatures had free will but were not inclined to sin. (This is how many people imagine we will be in Heaven so such a state must be possible). But he chose to make humans flawed and imperfect and liable to transgress his laws. This is all very anthropomorphic again. Poor old Gold being upset at the actions of humans. But being all-knowing he would have known that humans would have the nature HE gave them. That's the problem with being all-powerful. The buck stops with you. If I was a god and felt like creating a universe and populating it with people, I would make them in a way I knew would please me, or not make them at all if I didn't think I could manage that. [/QUOTE]
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