The Idiocies of Theodicy - Interesting perspectives
Feb 3, 2017 15:17:26 #
Feb 3, 2017 15:36:14 #
Will keep my eye on this one ----
In the right hands this "topic" is hell bound for the good ole Attic
In the right hands this "topic" is hell bound for the good ole Attic
Feb 3, 2017 15:51:29 #
His conclusion is an interesting one.
Don't know how you would achieve it though. Both religion and politics is built on fear and the exploitation of 'differences'. Human nature 'to better oneself' is usually at the expense of others. The great 'humanitarian world' portrayed in science fiction could only be a reality as all 'evil' happens away from Earth.
Don't know how you would achieve it though. Both religion and politics is built on fear and the exploitation of 'differences'. Human nature 'to better oneself' is usually at the expense of others. The great 'humanitarian world' portrayed in science fiction could only be a reality as all 'evil' happens away from Earth.
Feb 4, 2017 07:30:58 #
melismus
Loc: Chesapeake Bay Country
God is Love, and God created us in the hope we will love. Love is a choice and cannot be compelled. Free will was given to us with full understanding that some will love and some will not.
Feb 4, 2017 07:36:19 #
Kurt Vonnegut got it right. In "The Sirens of Titan" . The concept in the book that caused an epiphany for me was a new religion called “The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent”. Their motto was “Take Care of his People, and God Almighty Will Take Care of Himself”.
Feb 4, 2017 13:01:20 #
Dedo
Loc: NY, Uruguay
melismus wrote:
God is Love, and God created us in the hope we will love. Love is a choice and cannot be compelled. Free will was given to us with full understanding that some will love and some will not.
"Soothing fantasies"
Feb 4, 2017 15:01:36 #
ricardo7 wrote:
https://aeon.co/ideas/bad-things-happen-for-a-reason-and-other-idiocies-of-theodicy?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a8c3b644a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-a8c3b644a9-69458689
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The problem with the authors approach to morality is, who's to say what is just? Is the suffering of a poor person who does nothing to improve his lot just. Or is it just to help and comfort that person as much as possible? Are the black rioters just or are the owners of the damaged property just. Like beauty, just is in the eye of the beholder.
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