i'm writing a paper for philosophy and i need help with ideas of why god (or if you don''t believe in god, whatever created the universe or the first thing) does not have to be perfect.
2007-10-30 10:29:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Ok, try this: The axiom "existence exists" means NECESSARILY that existence must exist. It cannot be otherwise without a contradiction in terminology. Therefore, God, if he exists, did not create it because that would mean NECESSARILY that at one time existence did not exist. To say it did not exist at one time defies all the definitions of words.
2007-10-31 02:08:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take a look in genesis. adam and eve were made in his image yet this wasn't enough to keep them from choosing to believe the snake over God, or even smart enough to question God first, or just remembering they had a promise to keep and stomping on the snake's head. then you have the debatable issue of even putting the trees in the garden in the first place. THEN you have God so emotionally wounded he can't forgive adam and eve, admit he was wrong and then take it all out on the snake.and why should they think they needed to be ashamed if they were as smart as God and therefore known they had nothing to be ashamed of?and if the real knowledge was guilt and shame why weren't they given these aspects in the first place?
also: if God killed all the giants in the flood where the hell did Goliath come from for David to fight later? and if there wasn't anyone but adam, eve and the kids where did the woman cain married came from?
why does God allow the murder and deaths of so many children? the flood, the cananaites, the egyptia first born, the babies herod orders killed while God only cares enough to save HIS own son....
why does God even need an army to conquer and kill ( breaking his own commandment) when he can kill perfectly well on his own?
in judges God's army is defeated because the enemy had iron chariots and was in the lower valley. say what???
why does an all knowing and omnipitent being even NEED to be worshipped and why does he need the people to pay tribute he isn't going to need or do anything with in the temples?
why can't God recreate the human race to something he likes better?
satans rebellion isn't referred to until Issiah. and even if you accept this, why does satan succeed in luring away more then HALF of all God's angels????? and nearly WINS???? why couldn't God see this coming or even talk with them about why he wanted them to serve us??? and most of the rebellion comes from MILTON not the bible anyway.
God tells eve he's going to increase her labor pain, but she doesnt have kids until AFTER they leave the garden so how did she have any reference point to know she was getting MORE pain??? God just being vindictive here????
God let's the snake off pretty easy doesn't he?????
Why does God have a death angel??? (Exodus) he can't kill himself???Same angel needs a sign to know who's not egyptian?
2007-10-30 19:15:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Perfection" is a human idea -- an abstraction which has no apprlicability to the universe as a whole. Even if there were a god (and there is not the slightest reason to suppose that there is), the notion of perfection could not be applied to such a thing.
For the existence (or not) of god, see:
2007-10-30 17:39:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which god are you referring to? There are, after all, so many to choose from....
http://www.godchecker.com
2007-10-30 18:39:33 · answer #4 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋