tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post6112354196678669167..comments2023-11-02T04:53:05.386-05:00Comments on kc bob: Theodicy 101kc bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-48594148893140755392012-02-12T13:00:17.843-06:002012-02-12T13:00:17.843-06:00Thanks for that great insight Cindi! The interesti...Thanks for that great insight Cindi! The interesting aspect of the conversation is that God allowed his very own son to come into the world and die the way that he did. And when He did, in a sense, the ultimate good was crucified by man. Perhaps the issue is not whether God is good but whether He is Love?kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-69648619021788006012012-02-12T05:15:21.364-06:002012-02-12T05:15:21.364-06:00I'm saving your reply in my quotes file. The ...I'm saving your reply in my quotes file. The micro / macro level thing. And speaking of quotes, when I think of evil and suffering...theodicy...I think of the scene in the Brothers Kromanov where one brother is railing at the other brother about evil in the world...honing his focus mainly on the suffering of children. He found that suffering...the suffering of an innocent child...the most horrible. Quote follows:<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /> Tell me yourself, I challenge your answer. Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end, giving them peace and rest at last, but that it was essential and inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature—that baby beating its breast with its fist, for instance—and to found that edifice on its unavenged tears, would you consent to be the architect on those conditions? Tell me, and tell the truth." <br /><br />"No, I wouldn't consent," said Alyosha softly. <br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Most of us cannot imagine how God can consent to evil/torture/suffering either...no matter how wonderful the final result will be. Yet, we know in our heart that God is good...and there's the rub. Theodicy in a nutshell. If God is good how can he allow suffering? If God allows suffering how can he be good? <br /><br />Cindi.....Cindihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05855877179982985307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-58896932711056745882012-02-03T08:23:38.551-06:002012-02-03T08:23:38.551-06:00Thanks for the feedback Ma. Perhaps when God creat...Thanks for the feedback Ma. Perhaps when God created human choice he gave up a bit of micro-sovereignty while not giving up sovereignty on a macro level?kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-26660901681547658052012-02-03T06:28:46.603-06:002012-02-03T06:28:46.603-06:00I think God created everything,
If not, He wouldn...I think God created everything,<br /> If not, He wouldn't really be sovereign, but this is a hard topic indeed!Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380432930727921469noreply@blogger.com