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21/05/2002 22:34:01
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivie
 
 
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Titre:
Divers
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>>>God is all powerful. <--Omnipotence
>
>If god was all powerful, you'd think he'd do a little better job keeping his humans alive. But he doesn't, so god: doesn't exist, is not omnipotent, or does not care about us. Take your pick.

I have met people who do believe in God, and pose a question like: why does God allow this-or-that (insert your favorite problem here)?

Personally, I find this a difficult question.

First of all, there are several possible answers, in theory:

  • God doesn't exist.
  • God does exist, but either isn't all-powerful (this would include, IMO, the Satan hypothesis), or
  • ... He doesn't care.
  • Finally (?), and this is closest to my personal beliefs, God does exist, he is indeed all-mighty, but for different reasons doesn't always do things the way we think things should be run. For instance: there is a hidden knowledge in things that seem very wrong to us, and/or God allows us a certain latitude (free will), even if it means doing things wrong now and then.

    Regards, Hilmar.
    Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
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