QUOTE(Zahaqiel @ Jan 19 2006, 08:18 AM)
Sorry Thief, but I gotta disagree with you on a point.
An omnibenevolent deity does not necessarily have to intervene wherever there is suffering. Onibenevolence doesn't mean that it can't stomach pain, if it is necessarily in a longer-term form of benevolence.
The more pain we can handle, the more pain we will get. There is no end to suffering, and shouldn't be either. Without pain and fear what would become of us? Not sure if we could even take care of ourselves. We'd be like a mushroom for others to pick and eat.
We get stronger, we get better, but in the end we only get used.
I often use the perspective of life's evolution on earth. It is headed somewhere. And I am sure not the one running it.
I don't believe in a God that sits and do nothing. I think all is controlled, by every breath you take.
Sabazel:
What you say is actually implied in what I myself have said. It's a common thread of thought adopted by many. But it doesn't really explain much of itself. Like, where does the initiative for experience come from, and why? Still it makes a focus on this initiative, which indeed exist.
-thief
Angels, Do they really protect?
mystick Angels Jan 16 2006, 12:18 AM
Jan 16 2006, 12:18 AM
