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I dunno where you got that. Epicurus says deities would not care at all, which effectively is the opposite of what wool you're trying to pull.
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Let's go with this for a moment ...
Supposedly, we are created in His image. Each of us are a little piece of God. Therefore, He does have care, and concern, for Us, and how we're doing. However, not being a Puppet Master, He also granted Us "Free Will".
He passed down his wishes, and desires, for the ways we might comport ourselves, but also left it up to Us as to whether we would listen, and follow, or not.
We're also free to misinterpret, and even purposefully distort, His teachings. We are the ones left to create/manipulate the conditions in which we live here on Earth.
"Good" and "Evil" do, indeed, become evident through Our choices, and Our actions, because we Know how to "behave", but choose not to.
God is not a dictator nor interventionist. It is Through US that His positive intentions are carried out, or not. We are the physical beings in the physical World. We can choose to accept that Responsibility, or even deny and/or actively work against it.
What happens here is not God's doing, it is Ours.
Let's go with this for a moment ...
Supposedly, we are created in His image. Each of us are a little piece of God. Therefore, He does have care, and concern, for Us, and how we're doing. However, not being a Puppet Master, He also granted Us "Free Will".
He passed down his wishes, and desires, for the ways we might comport ourselves, but also left it up to Us as to whether we would listen, and follow, or not.
We're also free to misinterpret, and even purposefully distort, His teachings. We are the ones left to create/manipulate the conditions in which we live here on Earth.
"Good" and "Evil" do, indeed, become evident through Our choices, and Our actions, because we Know how to "behave", but choose not to.
God is not a dictator nor interventionist. It is Through US that His positive intentions are carried out, or not. We are the physical beings in the physical World. We can choose to accept that Responsibility, or even deny and/or actively work against it.
What happens here is not God's doing, it is Ours.
The "therefore" does not compute. It suggests narcissism is the only thing that could induce care and concern for humans. I care about things that aren't even remotely similar to myself, and things I have not created. Is my compassion and love and concern thus greater than that shown by this mythical god?
Wishes and desires are different from requirements. "If you don't do as I say, I will give you a hard time about it when I welcome you to heaven, and maybe it will be a little awkward around the dinner table on the first night while we are waiting for the soup course" is very different than "If you use your free will to deviate from my instructions in any respect, I will ensure you face eternal torture and oblivion."
Good and evil are more evident through examining the existing knowledge of an omniscient being, period. Certainly more than through making humans the guinea pigs in a randomised trial for which no consent has been obtained from any research ethics board.
God is not a dictator nor interventionist. It is Through US that His positive intentions are carried out, or not. We are the physical beings in the physical World. We can choose to accept that Responsibility, or even deny and/or actively work against it.
What happens here is not God's doing, it is Ours.
How would you put it? "God is willing to prevent evil, but thou art too sinful"?
When you think about something awful like a child being tortured to death, do you really find that convincing?
BTW, note to god: maybe it would be better to treat us like toy figurines than to allow children to be tortured to death all the fucking time. Just an idea.
