God redeeming evil

harvey1 wrote:However, there’s another question that we must address, and that is whether the reasons for God not acting are sufficient to suggest that God has all the qualities in full that people often ascribe to God. I believe there are reasons why God does not act in situations of pain/evil. And one main reason …

Has God done anything about the evil that is in the world?

I understand what you’re saying wuntext. Tragedies and calamities happen and we wonder, “Where is God in all this? Why does he allow bad things to happen?” It’s probably the oldest and most common questions in the history of civilization. And I’m not going to say here that there’s any simple answers to these. I …

Ontology

Diogenes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 2:37 pm Because philosophy provides a tool to discuss something does not mean the ‘something’ exists. Discussing what actually exists would be through ontology: “Ontology is the branch of philosophy that studies concepts such as existence, being, becoming, and reality.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology Sure, ontology cannot “prove” something exists, but it …

Science assumes naturalism is true

Diogenes wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 6:23 pm I could accept the Bible “as reliable as any other book” that claims to record fantastic or supernatural events that are impossible according to known science. Want to reiterate that they are only impossible because modern science assumes naturalism is true, not because naturalism is actually true. …

Maximalist position

TRANSPONDER wrote: ↑Fri Feb 04, 2022 6:30 am inerrant doesn’t mean the Bible couldn’t be as reliable (with caution) as any other book recording ancient events. If people accept the Bible as reliable as any other book recording ancient events, I’d be happy with that. The question though next is are those claims historically true? …