Delmar's POD 9-21-06

[Delmar]

Todays POD goes to Knight for this response to Hilston

Exactly, and this is why the Open Theist has no grounds upon which to trust God. If you can so dogmatically declare that you will never be able to view God as the Mastermind behind evil, then you'll never be able to view God as the mastermind behind the amazing and wonderful goodness that results from the evil.

:shocked: Wow.... how can anyone respond to a comment like that?

A statement like that just blows my mind!!!

It reminds of a child that is horribly abused by his parents but defends them because after each beating the parent takes him out for ice cream to make it up to him. :nono:

I had a good friend that treated his kids that way and it made me sick. He would yell at them, sometimes harshly belittle them, embarrass them in public, make them cry, and then buy them a toy to make it "all better". :vomit:

Jim, God is not the abusive parent you make him out to be. God doesn't need to be evil just so that He can be good to us. God is a good parent, a loving parent, that would never intentionally hurt us just so He could look like "the hero" when He later buys us a toy.

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[Nineveh]

Great point Knight! Great pick Delmar

 

[Nathon Detroit]

Thanks y'all.