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He wants to show how powerful he is when he destroys all evil, and saves all the good guys.
I'd say this is an ad hoc argument: in my opinion, there's no real reason to think God would need to do this to show off his might. There are dozens of other ways God would be able to interact with his creation in a more peaceful way (I think explaining evil is a struggling issue for most religious world views anyway).
Not true. All young children who die, go to heaven. Unless they are super-smart and have the ability to understand and believe. A two year old who dies, is most likely to go to heaven, but a six or seven year old is not, unless they are Christian, as they have the ability to understand, and believe.
That may be your view but read a bit about the Limbo of Infants for example, a hypothetical place/state after death to explain what happens to these infants. Why would the original sin only 'apply' until the child has reached a certain age or capability of understanding the issue?
For this reason, I've been able to argue that a person with a (severe) mental disability might be better off in the end: he doesn't understand the problem of original sin/forgiveness so even though he may live here on earth in misery (or at least with limitations), his eternal life would be in heaven because he was unable to make the right or wrong decision (and it would be wrong for God to condemn to hell those who were unable to make the decision).
I'd say this is an ad hoc argument: in my opinion, there's no real reason to think God would need to do this to show off his might. There are dozens of other ways God would be able to interact with his creation in a more peaceful way (I think explaining evil is a struggling issue for most religious world views anyway).
Not true. All young children who die, go to heaven. Unless they are super-smart and have the ability to understand and believe. A two year old who dies, is most likely to go to heaven, but a six or seven year old is not, unless they are Christian, as they have the ability to understand, and believe.
That may be your view but read a bit about the Limbo of Infants for example, a hypothetical place/state after death to explain what happens to these infants. Why would the original sin only 'apply' until the child has reached a certain age or capability of understanding the issue?
For this reason, I've been able to argue that a person with a (severe) mental disability might be better off in the end: he doesn't understand the problem of original sin/forgiveness so even though he may live here on earth in misery (or at least with limitations), his eternal life would be in heaven because he was unable to make the right or wrong decision (and it would be wrong for God to condemn to hell those who were unable to make the decision).
