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All fair. I'm sure you are following Clete and my discussion in Our Moral God. I'm having a few 'ah ha' moments (may be serviceable for our discussion). My attempt has comfortably allowed an "I've no idea" answer such that God is never accused because we have no known trigger on my...

I know! As I told Derf 1) We are told 'how' with Adam and Eve. 2) We are never told how Satan fell. I've wrestled with this over years and have no answer. If I read you and Derf correctly, the answer for you and freewill theists is God created us with freewill. My problem with the...

These would be descriptors, adjectives. In such the state of being carries the adjective 'good.' With evil as a depravation, the thought is that the thing is described as an 'absence' of what is good, I believe I like your 'opposite' description, but to get to 'opposite,' privation is the...

Thanks. It seems to be necessary for 'good' to become 'evil.' We know what caused it with Adam and Eve. Beyond we don't, but appreciate the discussion points. I believe we do. It is part and par for what actually did happen. Right, how does a 'good' system go bad? We at least know, one...

Totally illegal in my state! o_O (okay, not totally, if you own one, you can keep it, but you cannot sell it or give it away). The pistol is a good one and excellent for the wife and you.

I 'think' this is the right/best place for this. Not 'a' white baker, 'all' white bakers 0.o https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/baking-company-hosts-competition-barring-white-participants/ar-AA1mXhKS From Redstate "Like mushy dough into crispy croutons, America is being...

Yes. We aren't told how he was capable of rebellion against God. Have not heard this prior. Source? Seems legit but I've not seen much on contemplation regarding the fall of Satan. Here is a link that explains all I've ever heard regarding the subject...

I'm sure I'm mistaken, but doesn't Linux already deliver on the same? On initial glance, this seems redundant to me, like Pascal.

Well, describe why. My immediate response is 'no it does not' but I have to be able to explain a thing, if you would. In the article, there is a discussion of pain as 'problematic' to the privation idea. The proffered truth: "Pain isn't just a lack of feeling good, it is an intense...

Thus the 'opposite' of something 'lacks' something else and is thus a privation (read below and be informed, it is good for the mind!). In order to 'think' you have to entertain, NOT dismiss: It is literally where 'thinking' stops. Interactions are proof unto themselves. Read a bit...

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Okay, help me out then ( I'm open to it being wrong). 1) Adam and Eve, in the Garden are created 'good.' 2) They have a directive not to eat of the tree (I don't believe the complication "or even touch it" needful for this part of discussion) .: ) Because they are good, and as beings made...

Just the opposite. Correct. You didn't 'defeat' my statement, you proved it! Only God can (and does) declare Himself as self-authenticator. Insomuch as we are in Christ, He authenticates Himself...and us. He does. Because you think, at times, shallowly, two-dimensionally and then jump...

Colossians 1:16-18 John 15:5 Philippians 2:13 Acts 17:28 Because you think so? You are setting yourself up for a problem to 'your' logic. Wouldn't it have been better to ask, or are you this self-assured? If you won't (by declarative) listen, is there a point? Never-the-less I'll give...

Not at all, why? Because 'assumptions.' For one, Evil isn't an entity. Does it exist 'inside' of God's universe? Of course (but it isn't an entity, it is a deprivatation, a lack). Prove it wrong, and please try and think before assumptions (you've a good mind and I generally think...

Which is mind boggling and surreal in a thread entitled "Abortion is Evil!" If it were retitled it'd have to be 'Abortion isn't evil, until...' Or "Partial birth Abortion is Evil!" Reading the thread, ever with the title in mind, there is a profound, bewildering, disconnect.

Was just talking to a former TOL member who asked for biblical proof that harm to the fetus is a sin. This particular scripture is incredibly clear.

The problem with any justification, is it sets the clock back to allowance. There is an inequity in the comparison of justifiable against criminals vs justifiable against the innocent unborn. I don't want to see a day where a 12 year old who takes a morning after pill, is sent to a...

We are today under sin, so James is correct (obviously). Huge difference. There was no 'fall' without the serpent in the Garden.

It is a logical paradigm: If 'all things' come from God Colossians 1:16-18, then 'becoming flesh' is already from Him inclusive in all things. Perhaps, in my thinking, it'd be a better OV tack to simply say "the universe didn't exist at one time" therefore is a 'new' thing. The logical...