Posts from philosophy

Well, enjoy it until the second coming :D

No offense.

Now, there's a discussion about the problem of the relationship between predestination and free will. I already wrote in one post that free will is one of the key concepts for Christianity; it is also the justification for the existence of evil. According to Christian doctrine, a person in any situation has the right to choose - to choose good or evil. This does not mean that there are only two ways of behaving in any situation! And there may be some intermediate options, more or less evil, more or less good. And a person HIMSELF decides whether to act kindly or maliciously; he decides in accordance with his ideas about good and evil, and he decides this issue even when he is not consciously thinking about it. Christian moral norms are only the most general recommendations for behavior; obviously, it is impossible to give a list of commandments for each specific situation!
Now, regarding predestination, God's will, etc. Here, the matter is understood as follows: God, when creating the world, created all possible scenarios for its development - that is, Adam could violate the prohibition, and he could not violate it. Then everything would be different:) And this idea - he could do it, or he could not, and from this come different results - is also very important. God is something that does not belong to the world and is not constrained by either space or time; being outside of time, he sees all possible paths of development. And a person's life - in this context - is a very long sequence of situations. A person finds himself in situation A; there are several ways out of it, and depending on which path he chooses, he will be presented with one of the possible next situations. In other words, a person does not depend on what situations will be presented to him (that is, on the one hand, he depends on it, since he determines this by his actions, and on the other hand, he does not, since the person himself often cannot even remotely imagine what will happen to him tomorrow; that is, he can imagine it: D, but it is unlikely that he will guess). But it depends on how these situations will be resolved.
That's how it is:)

In my opinion, the most beautiful embodiment of paradise is Valhalla, where valiant warriors, even after death, stand guard over the righteous cause. They feast while waiting for Ragnarok...
Personally, there is no better paradise for me.

Well, he hasn't fallen in battle yet... :D
But the idea itself is very good....

And to make this choice more conscious, trials are sent to people. They can overcome them – which is better for them; they may not overcome them – and end up in a kind of "retake"; only retaking here is usually more difficult than passing the first time. Therefore, I believe that trials and evil suffering are necessary (and here I completely agree with AlexeyPunk) and, since God – as I believe – is good, he does not send people trials that they cannot overcome (I'm with you, Nowizard!:D).
If we use a free metaphor, God throws a brick at a person:D, and the person dodges. God might even shoot with a slingshot, but he doesn't do it if he knows for sure that the person won't dodge. And this is necessary because a person who closes himself off and withdraws from the world becomes open to dark thoughts and becomes isolated.
I have somewhat diminished God here:(, but I hope he will forgive me:)

Well, Kyle, there's a viewpoint that God only created the world and then no longer interferes in its affairs. It's called deism. It was very popular during the Enlightenment. But personally, I don't quite believe in it.

Well, go ahead and party until the second coming :D I'd like to see how you'll wave your two-handed sword around afterward.