Post by Karl Aksel on Dec 3, 2020 11:52:45 GMT
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As you can see, your scenario (ie, what you would do given the powers) was a direct response to our discussion about God's benevolence. So if it's a non-sequitur to mix the biblical god with what you would do given the powers, it most certainly isn't mine. For what it's worth, I didn't think it was a change of subject.
I didn't mix me with God, it was a juxtaposition. You, however, conflated me with the Biblical god.
Are you being obtuse on purpose? If you believe in God, then you also believe that there is no running away. You can't "run the other way" because there IS no "other way".
I was speaking in context of whatever verse I pasted. "The other way" would be towards evil (as opposed to departing from it).
It doesn't matter if the direction is physical or metaphorical. Since God would be the supreme being, there'd be no salvation in evil. So there'd be no running away no matter how you'd cut it. If someone held you at gunpoint, would you be inclined to do what he said, or would you rather want to piss him off? The greater the fear, the greater the motivation to obey.
If garbage is piling up on the streets because it accumulates faster than the garbage men can remove it, people will likely look to the city council or the mayor for a solution. They don't expect him to start picking up garbage in the streets, but rather fix the underlying causes to why there is garbage on the streets.
My point is that in a perfect world, things would not need fixing in the first place.
Thanks for the chat.
Likewise.