. It would seem that there are some situations in which harming a conscious being may well be good. For example: Telling a bully to stop what he/she is doing may cause them harm, but it seems that it is the right thing to do. Similarly, it would seem we have a duty to be honest to our friends, even if it occasionally does them harm.Harming conscious beings is not good — princessofdarkness
I have a hard time justifying this when there are times when the Bible testifies to God doing harm to created conscious beings. (Genesis 6, Exodus 14, Habakkuk, etc.) It seems that holding God to a principle of 'do no harm' is impossible, and would make a Problem of Evil argument devastating. I think it would be easier to define good differently than 'doing no harm.'Therefore, harming created conscious beings would displease God — princessofdarkness
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