It's kind of like letting a kid fall on his own while learning to ride a bike so he'll be more stable later on. What's the point of pure bliss at the point where you don't have something to balance it out?
Additionally, why do you state that suffering's bad? I'm so tempted to go Nietzsche Westlake style on you.
Your first critique seems accurate, until one considers that we're dealing with God here. He's God. Why make us fall the first time when he can make us as stable as possible with no more than a snap of his supernatural fingers? And who said anything about pure bliss? Just because humans aren't suffering doesn't mean that they're in a consant state of euphoria.
My suffering argument holds, because:
1. By definition, a loving God does not wish harm to befall his creation. Is suffering not harm? Note that I never said suffering was bad (though I admit I may have implied it). If you want to go that direction, however, perhaps consider that I'm not necessarily saying suffering is bad, but that a compassionate God would do no such thing to his subjects
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What's the point of pure bliss at the point where you don't have something to balance it out?
Additionally, why do you state that suffering's bad? I'm so tempted to go Nietzsche Westlake style on you.
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Your first critique seems accurate, until one considers that we're dealing with God here. He's God. Why make us fall the first time when he can make us as stable as possible with no more than a snap of his supernatural fingers? And who said anything about pure bliss? Just because humans aren't suffering doesn't mean that they're in a consant state of euphoria.
My suffering argument holds, because:
1. By definition, a loving God does not wish harm to befall his creation. Is suffering not harm? Note that I never said suffering was bad (though I admit I may have implied it). If you want to go that direction, however, perhaps consider that I'm not necessarily saying suffering is bad, but that a compassionate God would do no such thing to his subjects ( ... )
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let's do something together sometime. I'll bring up my nietzsche later.
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I just rented Dawn of the Dead. Let's watch it together and take a shot of everclear every time someone dies.
At the end, we'll have alcohol poisoning.
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