I watched this
and of course the christian near the end, talking about the two male (homosexual) penguins and how the bible says, “sin no more,” got me thinking about sin.
Well, specifically, sin in light of god’s omnipotence, omniscience, and benevolence. It’s essentially a theodicy of sorts, because nothing imperfect can flow from a perfect being, by definition.
How does human sinning, especially a priori sin, certainly an imperfection, come into being from a perfect being? Remember, nothing imperfect can flow from a perfect being.
How does an all powerful, all knowing god, all good god, permit sin? Notice I did not ask why, but ‘how’. What are the mechanics of sin’s placement into the world, from a perfect being?
Now consider, what if our presidential candidates had to be questioned thusly about sin.
Why is homosexuality wrong? Why is homosexuality sinful? will elicit pat answers with biblical citations, but how, how, how does sin (an imperfection) come into the world from the perfect creator?
Or if this is the best of all possible worlds, per Leibniz, why all the hubbub, Bub?
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