Thirty Second Night [Voice]

[zawarudo]

One of the books I acquired recently has a rather excellent series of questions in it...I pose them all to you.

What does God want? Does God wants goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has had good imposed upon him?

Deep and hard questions, Discedo...What is your take on it?

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Comments

[angelic_lawyer]

[...] Adam and Eve were presented with the choice of obeying God and not eating from the Tree of All Knowledge. He wanted them to obey His wishes and to refrain from eating because it was His word. However, with the Serpent's words Eve and then Adam ate from the Tree of All Knowledge and in response, He cast them from the Garden of Eden.

It's a difficult question. The story of Adam and Eve presents arguments for both cases; I would lean towards the idea that He prefers the choice of goodness - otherwise we wouldn't have been created with free will.

In the end, however, I don't think the manner in which one does good matters. Those who sin, regardless of the reason and unless they seek redemption and forgiveness, will go to Hell.

[zawarudo]

Hm, this is far more than I was expecting, really. I do believe you are correct, though. If He had really wanted forced goodness, humans wouldn't have that pesky free will.

-the All from the Tree name /fails

[angelic_lawyer]

Is that so?

I'm not sure I'd describe it as 'pesky', though.

CLOSE ENOUGH!

[zawarudo]

Yes, I think so, at least. I have read most of the world's religious texts and one important thing is the essence of free will.

It can be quite irritating at times.

[grandcrossed]

The one who has the good imposed upon him may not have any real grounds to claim superiority, but that hardly makes choosing the bad in any way better.

[zawarudo]

The one who had it forced upon them has no choice in the matter...I don't really think a just God would want one of its creations being forced into anything.

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[sing_nonomori]

What god? There are so many. All want different thing.

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[zawarudo]

In this case, it's the Christian God. You may pick whichever one you like; it would be most entertaining to see the response.

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[inner_sitter]

In my experience gods want what's best for themselves.

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[zawarudo]

*laughter* I think yours is the best answer.

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[inner_sitter]

It's the correct one.

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[zawarudo]

Do you say that because it happens to be your own answer?

[seals_fate]

...Assuming God exists in the first place.

The one which is bad and the one being imposed upon probably aren't different from each other...one is just being controlled while the other isn't. That's probably not their choice though.

[zawarudo]

I say nothing one way or the other.

It's the choice that matters. Freewill and all that.