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In reply to the discussion: Rumi and the Vision of the Qur'an [View all]edhopper
(33,587 posts)8. hogwash
the "Creator" believes in being so obtuse that multiple groups of people will see his "signs" so differently that they will kill each other and millions of innocents (whose free will to be alive he doesn't seem to give a fig about).
Meanwhile amidst all this carnage, this omnipotent being doesn't have the desire or power to prevent any of this evil.
The "free will" dodge is the biggest crapfest apologist use to try to esplain why God doesn't nothing about evil and suffering.
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What about the free will of people who don't want to be murdered in a religious dispute?
trotsky
Jul 2018
#7
It is not a personal attack to reference threads where your own quoted text contradicted your claim,
trotsky
Jul 2018
#20
What makes you feel that you have this insight into the mind of the Creator? eom
guillaumeb
Jul 2018
#26
It should be obvious to everyone by now that gil's rules only apply when he wants them to.
trotsky
Jul 2018
#107
It's a ridiculous apologetic made even more ridiculous by its definition of "free will".
Act_of_Reparation
Jul 2018
#77
Like the Creator, I give my children vague, non-literal, and contradictory instructions
marylandblue
Jul 2018
#9