Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes: > 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. In law, you're as responsible ass the man who pulled the trigger, I believe. > Creating a universe is one hell of a lot more like having kids > than hiring a hit man. But not much like either. Remember, you didn't just *have* the kids, you created them from scratch. And you didn't just research the resume of the hit man, you're *omniscient*. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info