tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772414331480635861.post5287629809829523722..comments2024-03-18T18:19:19.002-07:00Comments on bylogos: God, Chance and Eviljohn bylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05766117392831032432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772414331480635861.post-61681509785340270882010-07-07T09:55:47.248-07:002010-07-07T09:55:47.248-07:00I'd also note that talk about God taking risks...I'd also note that talk about God taking risks is misleading, even on its own terms. When we talk about somebody taking a risk, this normally means that the individual in question is putting himself at risk, not that he's putting a second party at risk.<br /><br />But even if, for the sake of argument, we grant open theist assumptions, then God himself was never in harms' way. Rather, according to open theism, God is putting his creatures in harm's way. He is risking their wellbeing. And, what is more, since God doesn't know the future, this isn't even a calculated risk. For all God knows, or doesn't (a la open theism), this could be a suicide mission for his creatures.<br /><br />How that's supposed to improve on what libertarians find objectionable in Calvinism is hard to say.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772414331480635861.post-26278956035457297172010-07-03T07:52:52.530-07:002010-07-03T07:52:52.530-07:00This is an excellent summary of a biblical theodic...This is an excellent summary of a biblical theodicy, thanks! I have benefitted greatly from your treatment of free will in "The Divine Challenge." I encourage everyone to read that book.MSChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05419145542442539462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772414331480635861.post-61196427642875658462010-07-03T05:10:42.162-07:002010-07-03T05:10:42.162-07:00And one can also add , still from the same Book:
...And one can also add , still from the same Book: <br />Ecc 7:24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?<br /><br />I think in the Open Theology debate, we eventually have to say that we as humans on this side of heaven will not have the final answers.Henriettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308892136309292383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772414331480635861.post-10535435598338436542010-07-02T20:13:21.403-07:002010-07-02T20:13:21.403-07:00Well, I wish you well in England!
Ecc 3:10 I ha...Well, I wish you well in England!<br /><br /><br />Ecc 3:10 I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. <br />Ecc 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. <br />Ecc 3:12 I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; <br />Ecc 3:13 also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil--this is God's gift to man. <br /><br />And then that pesky evil:<br /><br /><br />Ecc 3:14 I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. <br />Ecc 3:15 That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away. <br />Ecc 3:16 Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. <br />Ecc 3:17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work. <br /><br /><br />And a bit of advice to boot, perchance you go through the doors of God's House:<br /><br /><br />Ecc 5:1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. <br />Ecc 5:2 Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. <br />Ecc 5:3 For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com