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>If you choose to believe that the world was created by an all-good, all-knowing God then you must believe that the world God created is the best possible of al
by run4yourlives 16y ago
>If you choose to believe that the world was created by an all-good, all-knowing God then you must believe that the world God created is the best possible of all worlds.
What?
Since when does an "all good, all knowing" entity get backed into a corner where it itself relinquishes free will? Said God could have easily created this world with the intent that it is far from perfect for a very specific reason. The pain one assumes in this world is evil and horrible is only accurate if one also assumes that it has no further purpose.
It's like saying that all the difficulty in learning to ride a bike could not be allowed by a truly loving parent. That's clearly false.
- rgraham 16y agoI think you missed the point. If the pain is to a higher purpose that in itself provides for a greater good (like riding a bike) then the net effect is a better world. The operative idea being that pain and struggle allow us to become better. God didn't relinquish free will here, but he can't or won't choose to make a shoddy world. It wouldn't be all-good or all-knowing. For a better explanation reference C.S. Lewis.
- run4yourlives 16y ago>then the net effect is a better world. A child riding a bike can only see the failure and difficulty of learning, not them winning the Tour de France. If we are all in the process of learning, would we even know a "better world" if we saw it, and is a "better world" the outcome that matters?