I were God, and I were good and omnipotent and omniscient, I'd create mankind and then leave them to it, and there would only be one version of that. I think.
But if you were good, wouldn't you feel bad about all the suffering? This is a standard philosophical question: does it make sense for there to be an omnipotent god given the existence of suffering. I can see the argument for creating a world and letting it evolve it's own way.
But most people say that if God were good, he wouldn't let the large number of people starving, etc, in the world do so. And that if he were good, and able to, he would have to intervene, unless there's some other reason why he shouldn't.
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Date: 2008-05-06 05:52 pm (UTC)I were God, and I were good and omnipotent and omniscient, I'd create mankind and then leave them to it, and there would only be one version of that. I think.
But if you were good, wouldn't you feel bad about all the suffering? This is a standard philosophical question: does it make sense for there to be an omnipotent god given the existence of suffering. I can see the argument for creating a world and letting it evolve it's own way.
But most people say that if God were good, he wouldn't let the large number of people starving, etc, in the world do so. And that if he were good, and able to, he would have to intervene, unless there's some other reason why he shouldn't.