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Re: Does God have a name for God?
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Mon, 2 Apr 2001 17:10:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ryan Farrington writes:
> > > I ALSO AM A SINNER. I AM INHERENTLY EVIL. Only God is perfect and sinless.
> > Just a nit to pick: wouldn't being a sinner imply that you have some
> > capacity for good? IOW, unless EVERY act and thought you commit is a sin,
> > then you have some amount of good, right? How could something inherently
> > evil have good in it?
> If we're splitting hairs, couldn't something inherently (ie: predisposed
> to) evil still make the moral choice not to commit evil?
Hmmm. Good point. Which raises the question: is a thing evil by nature or
by action?
If someone were evil by actions, then I could see the possibility of good.
If someone were evil by nature, then that person has a heckuva lot of work
to do to commit good, imo. And good happens every day.
OTOH, being inherently GOOD or NEUTRAL doesn't necessarily mean that evil
doesn't happen.
Getting back to the core of my previous point, I'd like to think that we're
inherently GOOD, since we're the large part of the Lord's creation; that we
commit evil acts because of what this world has taught us was appropriate.
Why would God create something that was, for the most part, evil?
Unless we're really a minor part of creation -- in which case, what would be
the point of creating a people who are inherently evil? Are only a few of
us going to successfully fight our nature and become good? It
seems...dunno, silly...for God to create a large group of people, then say
(for example) "less than .001% of you are going to be salvaged; the rest of
you are hosed". It would seem like a *lot* of effort...
Cheers,
- jsproat
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| (...) Another thing here is competency. I mean take Hitler for example, was he evil? Maybe, maybe not. I would call Hitler evil he mercilessly had 6 million Jewish people slaughtered not because he actually thought they were the bane of the arian (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Essential nature of mankind
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| (...) make the moral choice not to commit evil? (...) us going to successfully fight our nature and become good?...what would be the point of creating a people who are inherently evil?" Here's what I believe, in light of the Bible. God did not (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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