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Originally posted by TIO
Giblfiz, there has already been quite a bit of discussion of this paradox on Philosophy. I'll let someone more adept with the search engine and HTML than I link the other threads
To summarise the arguments, though:
All three premises are true. But when we bit into the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, we took the choice not to let God interfere in our affairs, and even though He does not like it, we chose to be subject to the evil influences on our lives all those years ago, and now we're paying for it. We chose free choice, and our free choice has led to what we percieve to be evil.
But don't worry. Wait'll the rapture, and you'll get your world free from evil...if you ask for forgiveness, that is.
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I never bit into any fruit of good and evil, so he's punishing me for what my ancestors did. Doesn't that make him a racist? Oh yeah, Israel, Ishmael, chosen people, blah, blah, blah. That's why the Israelis are allowed to treat the Palestinians like the Nazi's did the Jews and it's all the Palestinians' fault.
Nice guy, God
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