Why does God allow bad things and suffering?

Why does God allow bad things and suffering? Jun 11, 2017 17:58:35 GMT

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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2017 17:58:35 GMT

Jun 11, 2017 17:44:34 GMT cupcakes said:

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@miccee said: The human creation has the same level of free will as the ants. The ants do what it is within their nature to do, and humans do what it is within their nature to do. 'God' created a morally and biologically flawed species and then put it in a dangerous environment with scarce resources. What result could have been expected other than what we have?

I suppose it's possible that ants have much more intentional freedom than they appear to, but it seems far fetched to think that they have the same type of higher order cognitive abilities that humans do.

Can neuroscience understand Donkey Kong?

Higher order cognitive abilities does not yield "free will". The output of our brains is still a product of the range of inputs to which the brain was exposed. Our brain is capable of processing a much broader an complex range of inputs than an ant is, and therefore it is much harder to predict what the output will be than if you were observing the behaviour of an ant. If you're defining free will just based on the complexity of the system producing the decision, then where do you draw the line? Do dolphins and orang-utans have free will? How about cats and dogs?