I was inspired by crystallinectar for this.
Christians...
If God took away all the people who would never believe, he would be left with those who do/would believe, right? And they have free will and are exercising it?
Why would God not create a world of people who would all come to believe in him, or a world in which the only experiences are ones that would encourage people to believe? Free will would still exist for the believers, right? They COULD reject God, but they wouldn't, and God would know this.
So then... why would God ever knowingly make someone who would not choose to believe? Why would he create someone only to throw that person into eternal suffering? This is not a restriction on free will, this is only allowing certain beings to exist. If you don't accept that this is still free will, consider the following: God could've created other beings, including ones smarter/wiser than humans. By not doing so, he did not take away the free will of the ones he created.
2007-06-12
16:53:11
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