On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 12:15:15AM -0600, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> wrote: > Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes: > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 12:48:58PM -0500, "Peter H. Granzeau" <pgranzeau at cox.net> wrote: > > > At 16:37 11/27/2002 -0600, Matthew Hunter wrote: > > > >While I agree with the sentiment that God has a lot of hard > > > >questions to answer, taking responsibility for his creations is > > > >not on the same level. Are you responsible for the actions of > > > >your children once they reach adulthood and attain free will? > > > No, but then again, I am not omnipotent, either. > > Does it matter? > > You are not responsible for the actions of others. > You are responsible for the forseeable results of situations you > create. If you're omniscient and created the entire universe, what > does this leave you responsible for? To a lesser degree than things you cause directly. The chain of responsible doesn't go farther than a direct response to your actions. Thus, you can order a hit and be *somewhat* responsible for the death along with the actual assassin, but you can have children and not be responsible for their own actions undertaken with free will. Creating a universe is one hell of a lot more like having kids than hiring a hit man. -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Politics: http://www.triggerfinger.org/index.jsp