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Quote by: wyoguy  I've stuck to the topic just fine, thank you. You just don't like my slant on it. I think you are presumptuous to place God on trial. That He gives evil slack in it's chain from time to time is His sovereign right. It is my point that it is also within His rights to severe the chain entirely but He has chosen not to. Let's face it... none of us has delved into the absolute depths of our own depravity. Not Hitler, not the random serial killer, nobody. Something restrains us. Call it what you want, social constraints, whatever, I call it God's sovereign will. The point is that evil is still constrained. |
Yeah, but it doesn't justify the existance of evil in the first place, which is the point of this thread. So its constrained. Big whoop. Now all you have to do is debate the thread topic and justify the existance of superfluous evils in the world. So, no, Im sorry, your theistic rant was NOT on topic.
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I'd bet that you didn't even read the scripture I quoted.
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Yes, I read it and NO it does not justify the existance of evil. It basicly states that god is going to mess with anyone he wishes.
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Romans 9:15
...I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion...."
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That evil is in the world to show us how powerful he is.
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Romans 9:22
What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath...
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Ok. Why use evil?? Justify the use of pain and suffering just to prove to your creations that you are "the man". Could not an omnipotent god find a more benevolent way to demonstrate his power? Of course he could. So romans 9 leaves us back where we started...with absolutly NO justification for superfluous evil.