Do you believe in God? Why/Why not?

[WolfpackN64]

Flilix said:

WolfpackN64 said:

This will always circle. The most good world would be an unfree world, the best world is a free world, but which incorporates a neutral world and the possibility of evil. There are other conceptual problems with an exclusively good world (like the possibility of good without evil). In Daoism for example, the most Good world just wouldn't be possible without the negative aspects.

It's indeed hard to imagine what the best world would be like, but for God that shouldn't be a problem. I can definitely think of some (minor) things that he could have done better, without any possible negative consequences.

Actually, why did he even bother to create a world? Why doesn't he just let us into his paradise immediately?

Possibly, but our world has evolved on it's own for quite a bit now. Even if tornadoes weren't part of a design, the circumstances of nature created them. Not to say God couldn't have changed this, but perhaps, all things taken into account, not intervening was the best course of action.

And the last one is pretty simple. For heaven to remain a paradise if all humans were let in, all humans would need to be good. With free will, we aren't good in se.