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dv82matt
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 Posted - 12/02/2005 : 17:42:31 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by H. Humbert
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Originally posted by dv82matt
I guess I see H's dilemma as being more of a logic problem than a religious one and restricting the god in the problem to the Christian God seems like an arbitrary restriction to me.
Well, I never restricted the problem to the Christian god, I just used him as an example since he is most often ascribed by his followers the qualities necessary to create the dilemma.
I agree that you did not restrict the god in question to the Christian God. I was more responding to ronnywhite's post which seemed to focus exclusively on that scenario.quote:
However, Plato discusses some of these ideas in his dialogue Euthyphro, so they are not new or Christian specific.
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And while you may see the dilemma as more of a logical problem, I see such logical inconsistancies as theological problems as well. The idea that theological maxims may contradict one another simply because they are theological doesn't make sense to me. Of course, I am quite aware that the average theist often has no problem accepting the illogical as a necessary step when attempting to apprehend the divine.
They certainly are also theological problems, but as far as Christianity is concerned it seems like beating a dead horse. Like if every time astronomers made a new discovery about the universe the headlines read, "Flat Earth Theory Falsified Yet Again!"
Of course this particular 'dead horse' doesn't seem to realize that it's dead so I guess I see your point. |
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