On 3/2/2003 9:59:13 PM, Amanda Wilson wrote:
>In the
>Compatablism/Soft-Determinism
>reading there was a statement
>that "I believe that one of
>the reasons for this has to do
>with the difficulty in
>maintaining that a just God
>punishes people for something
>they couldn't help but do." I
>respectfully disagree with
>this statement. I believe
>that God does not punish
>people for something they
>couldn't help but do.

Actually, it sounds like you agree with that
statement. It says that the reason many people
reject the Augustinian position on free will
(compatiblism) is that it makes God appear to be
unjust. Under his view, if people choose to sin,
they are responsible for it EVEN IF THAT CHOICE
IS DETERMINED by their sinful natures.

If a child gets
>burned if he plays with fire
>it is not Gods fault it is the
>fault of the child or the
>adult who is in charge of the
>child.

This gets us into the "problem of evil". If God
created the world where burning is possible and
could have easily prevented the child from being
burned, isnt he ulitmately responsible for the child
being burned?

Prof. Borrowdale
borrowdalej@lanecc.edu
541-463-5434