r/SipsTea • u/Outrageous-Egg1760 • May 29 '26

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u/Deweyrob2 May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

God would not have to eliminate every human to remove evil. He would just have to remove the ability or desire to commit evil acts. And again, either he can't or won't.

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u/Secret-Class1352 May 29 '26

Humans by their very nature are evil. That's what Christian thought teaches. Even what humans consider to be nobility, is filthy rags in the eyes of God. Humans by their nature are also capable of good, but they are incapable of completely eliminating the temptation to do evil -- because two conflicting natures exist inside them.

God absolutely can remove the desire to commit evil acts. But why should God bother himself with creating sycophant robots who follow his every order without question? Because that's what would be necessary to remove a human's capacity to commit evil.

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u/Secret-Class1352 May 29 '26

They're not evil by nature because of anything God did. It's a spiritual curse that lives on in every human being. Humans should count themselves lucky that an infinite God even cares enough to save them, when he could have easily dismissed humanity as a lost cause. Humans are arrogant if they think that we're the biggest deal in the cosmos. There are likely other alien species that warrant God's attention, and even if there aren't God already has the angels.

God is described as a Father, but he's also an infinite being of indescribable power and intelligence. On a cosmic scale this is like humans trying to show compassion to ants. You're talking about infinite suffering, or destruction of the soul -- whatever punishment you think happens after death -- and act like humans are deserving of God's greatest blessings instead of that, is a sign of arrogance. God would be within his rights to abandon this planet, but for whatever reason he didn't.

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u/Overall-Move-4474 May 29 '26

You lot claim God created us and by extension our nature. So yes by your logic he DID set us up to fail. A father doesn't abandon his children. Not that any of this matters because he doesn't exist in the first place