[Debate] The Problem of Evil [Religion] (79)

55 Name: Anonymous Scientist : 2012-06-11 17:05 ID:4w3v/mSA

The problem of evil question usually assumes god can only have the intelligence and patience of the incredible hulk, and therefore must immediately act on everything he does not like.

Let's take Abraham offering Issac as a thought exercise. God's foreknowledge means He knows Abraham would have Issac, so why wait until a second before he does it? So Abraham actually has the perspective of having to go through the decision.

Think about how different the two options would be for Abraham. On one hand, he goes so close to killing his son, and then being told that being willing to was enough at the last second, as opposed to if God had just said. "Yeah, I know if I told you to offer your son you'd do it." without actually asking anything.

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