If God is omnipotent and benevolent, then God must have made every possible universe in which good outweighs evil. After all, it is better to make an absolutely perfect universe AND a good but imperfect universe than to only make the perfect universe.
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The multiverse solution to the problem of evil
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Re: The multiverse solution to the problem of evil
Post #2It invites the problematic. Is an absolutely perfect universe the goal and can there be an absolutely perfect evil universe in contrast to an absolutely perfect good universe?PeterPan wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 3:45 pm If God is omnipotent and benevolent, then God must have made every possible universe in which good outweighs evil. After all, it is better to make an absolutely perfect universe AND a good but imperfect universe than to only make the perfect universe.
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Is our current universe the result of an attempt at finding an answer to that question?
Is there any reason to think that God cannot be omnipotent and benevolent and still create these different-state universes?
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Re: The multiverse solution to the problem of evil
Post #3We'd have to get our terms clear to have a fruitful conversation. I would say a "multiverse" is one "possible universe," but you seem to treat a multiverse as a collection of possible universes. If the latter is what you mean, then why wouldn't it be better to have all 'universes' in the multiverse be absolutely perfect? For that matter, what is a "perfect" universe?PeterPan wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 3:45 pm If God is omnipotent and benevolent, then God must have made every possible universe in which good outweighs evil. After all, it is better to make an absolutely perfect universe AND a good but imperfect universe than to only make the perfect universe.
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Re: The multiverse solution to the problem of evil
Post #4[Replying to PeterPan in post #1]
No, any god must have made the universe identical to his own will.
The problem is, were there a god, we just have no idea what it thinks is good.
Sorry, it isn't what we think it is.
No, any god must have made the universe identical to his own will.
The problem is, were there a god, we just have no idea what it thinks is good.
Sorry, it isn't what we think it is.
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Re: The multiverse solution to the problem of evil
Post #5Maybe, in Biblical point of view this world is like the imperfect universe for people to learn to know good and evil as they wanted. In the beginning people were expelled from perfect world to this first death, because they wanted to know evil. Here we can experience evil. Luckily soul cannot be destroyed by anything of this world and therefore evil is not a problem. So, perhaps you are right.
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Re: The multiverse solution to the problem of evil
Post #6Why? Why is it that just because a god can sometimes be benevolent mean that in a particular universe good must outweigh evil? Perhaps his malevolence had greater influence on how a universe turned out, and any universe overseen by such a god would be more likely to have evil that outweighed good.
Your sentence here isn't making sense. Perhaps better punctuation or rephrasing would help.
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