Well, I support the theory in that I think it is consistent with that notion of God. To put it another way I think the criticisms of God for not intervening to prevent suffering are a straw man, it is to invent a notion of God that is not the one proposed and then show our own invention is inconsistent.Vijaydevani wrote:Okay. Do you as a human being agree with and support this theory?Londoner wrote: (Nested quote removed.)
Because God does not see the badness a being a property of the event, but a property of the moral actors. In a material world inhabited by people with free will, suffering and death is inevitable. What matters is how we respond to that situation.
If a child dies horribly, that child is not acting immorally, so a miracle is not supposed to prevent horrible deaths. Rather, a miracle is supposed to send a message that will inform our moral choices. For example, God might intervene in the death of a martyr, not in order to save the martyr's life but to send a signal to those witnessing the event that physical death should not be our primary consideration when making choices.
That is the theory.
-- Updated October 21st, 2016, 6:58 pm to add the following --
Do you believe such a god who designed a system where children dying horrible deaths is something which is justified is worthy of respect and worship for his design?
In answer to your update, God could easily prevent human suffering by not creating humans. Or making us like robots, such that we would no more describe judge an event as 'horrible' or have notions of 'respect' than my computer judges the words I write. However, if humans are going to be conscious of things like good and bad then they must necessarily live in a world in which good and bad exist.
I think the misunderstanding arises from the notion that God can do anything; including contradictory things. That is not the traditional understanding. God may be entirely good, but he cannot create something (which is therefore external to him) which is also entirely good. God cannot create a material world that does not operate under material laws. God cannot create a being with free will and also make them act a particular way.