They are not, blame belongs to man, not to God. Man is the author of his acts, which, being sinful, carry blame with them like a shadow.How exactly are God and blame connected in your view? — Noble Dust
When you create a piece of music; is that an act of love? — Janus
Man through his actions. Vice and sin are their own punishments.So who "puts" the blame here? — Noble Dust
No. I've clarified that that claim means that God reveals that blame is on us."God puts the blame on us"; is that true? — Noble Dust
Man's actions.But where does sin stem from? — Noble Dust
There is no putting of blame, blame exists according to actions. Sinful actions entail blame, the same way you entail your shadow.But man puts that blame, not God? — Noble Dust
Yep, what I said above doesn't contradict that. Except that I'm guarding against a possible misunderstanding that I sense in you, namely that there is a separation between sin and blame, and there is not. So who puts the blame? Man through his actions. But this isn't to say that the blame is something in addition to the sinful actions that is actually put on top of everything else. It's already included in the package.But you just said: — Noble Dust
Yep, what I said above doesn't contradict that. — Agustino
Except that I'm guarding against a possible misunderstanding that I sense in you, namely that there is a separation between sin and blame, — Agustino
Man through his actions. But this isn't to say that the blame is something in addition to the sinful actions that is actually put on top of everything else. It's already included in the package. — Agustino
Creation as an act of love vs. God as love seem different to me, which is why I asked for clarification. I guess you can make the argument for God being "one who creates", and thus, naturally creating out of love, as love is also a way to express who/what God is? Is that what you're getting at? — Noble Dust
"[So who puts the blame?] Man through his actions. But this isn't to say that the blame is something in addition to the sinful actions that is actually put on top of everything else. It's already included in the package." — Agustino
This doesn't make sense. — Noble Dust
Could the creation of violent music be an act of love (in any sense) as opposed to the music itself being an embodiment of love? — Janus
No. You're using it in the non-standard sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule — Thorongil
I'd like to suggest that Kabbalah is closest in this explanation of divinity. Ein Sof is the Absolute Source, but is itself unknowable. We don't know if it is a God or a passive force or what. It's just an unknowable Absolute. From this Absolute emanate things like virtue, goodness, existence which owe their being to the Absolute and in some way reflect, though imperfectly the nature of the Source. — MysticMonist
If God exists and He is all good and all powerful why does He allow evil? If there is no satisfactory answer to this question does it disprove God? — MysticMonist
I do not believe in God, but I believe in good and evil - evil tends to arise when risks are taken, or trust is expected. — Schzophr
If God is Love, then an act of God is an act of Love, no? — Janus
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