God could have created all of us in Heaven
God had the very real option of choosing to create us ALL in heaven – freely and correctly choosing to enter into a relationship with our creator from the very start.
You see, Max believes in heaven – a place entirely populated by the divine and the saved for an infinite number offuture moments – and yet they are preserved from sin and, presumably, these good sheep aren’t robbed of their freewill upon gaining entry into heaven. So, if there is NO tension with having libertarian free will AND being free from sin, then why drag us through the suffering mud of our earthly existence while knowing that, if he does so, the vast majority of us will certainly not be saved – and, in turn, be tortured in hellfire for eternity? My point is, God had the very real option of choosing to create us ALL in heaven – freely and correctly choosing to enter into a relationship with our creator from the very start. The fact that he, instead, chose to create THIS world – a world where not some of us most of us will not be saved and end up in hell cannot be justified by an appeal to God’s unflinching justice – and so I do not think a rejection of P3 is available to Max.
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Andrews/Schieber: Does the God of Christianity Exist? »Andrews/Schieber: Does the God of Christianity Exist?
The God of Christianity does not exist »The God of Christianity does not exist
A perfectly loving and moral being wouldn't create Hell »A perfectly loving and moral being wouldn't create Hell
(3) There is no moral justification for sending anybody to Hell »(3) There is no moral justification for sending anybody to Hell
With Hell, God renders justice to unatoned sinners »With Hell, God renders justice to unatoned sinners
God could have created all of us in Heaven
A perfectly loving and moral being wouldn't create Hell »A perfectly loving and moral being wouldn't create Hell
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