[net.religion] The responsibility of deities and free will

rf@wu1.UUCP (03/08/84)

If humans in fact have free will (a subject I'll not debate)
then no deity can be responsible for human actions.  Only a
deity which cared nothing for men would create beings with a
sense of sin and no free will (I understand that some Christians
have actually preached this as truth).

On the other hand, were you a deity who created beings with free
will, and you found these beings doing foolish, malicious,
dangerous things with your gift wouldn't you be just a tad
annoyed?  Maybe annoyed enough to let the Four Horsemen ride?

				Randolph Fritz
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