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If we, humans, are responsible for our own deeds, is GOD responsible for what we, his creation, are, what we do, and how we feel?
Morning coffee-break thoughts – Is God responsible?
November 8, 2009 by boomerangblogger
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A lot of people would say “yes”, and for that reason would reject the concept of God as being incoherent, or more accurately, would reject the concept of a God who is both omnipotent and ultimately benevolent — if God is ultimately responsible for what we do (being omnipotent) and he does not intervene to stop human suffering, than God is not benevolent and in any case the (Abrahamic) definition of God is therefore false. (Interestingly enough, that might leave open the possibility of there being a malevolent deity, like the Platonic/Gnostic Demiurge). Part of this argument hinges on the idea that God is responsible for our actions.
I don’t know if I accept this line of reasoning myself. If we have free will, then while we might blame God (assuming there is a creator God) for creation itself, then ultimately our actions are our own responsibility. We can maybe blame God for creating the basic conditions that allow for the possibility of our actions and our feelings, but ultimately such things are in our own hands (assuming free will).
God and free will are both pretty big assumptions, of course.
Very interesting comment. And as Sarte said “humanity is condemned to be free” being it our responsibility to find a “right” way of living as it is not stated anywhere how we should really live. And does it really become our own responsibility if it is a forced inherited feature of humans? And often a “free will” is a cause of human’s sufferings. Looks like if thinking logically we end up with a few options we could think about: either God is Malevolent (evil in its nature), or there’s no God, or she/he/it is dead (as Nitzshe said).