“Our innate, built-in human value is the reason we have binding duties or obligations towards each other that we don't have towards any other kind of thing. It's also the reason we have unalienable human rights. If man's God-given, special value falls, then unalienable human rights fall, too.” IfsMenHumansKindReasonValuesFallGivenRightsSpecialDutyBuiltHuman RightsObligationInnateBindingHuman Values Author:Greg Koukl
“If man is not special, if he's not deeply different from any other thing, then there's no good reason not to treat him just like any other thing when it's convenient for us to do so.” IfsMenDifferentReasonSpecialTreatsConvenient Author:Greg Koukl
“People are tempted to think (understandably) that if God were really good He'd never allow any evil in the world at all. But I don't think a perfectly good God would never permit any evil, and neither would others, I wager, if they thought about it. Rather, I think that a good God always prevents suffering and evil unless He has a good reason to allow it. That's the crux.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldReasonSufferingEvilPermitTemptedGood GodPerfectly GoodCruxWagers Author:Greg Koukl
“Sometimes (at least in principle) God might allow some evil because doing so will prevent a greater evil, and sometimes He might allow evil because it will produce a greater good.” SometimesMightEvilPrinciplesGreaterProduceGreater Good Author:Greg Koukl
“God created man to share friendship with Him and share in His happiness.” MenShare Author:Greg Koukl
“I understand I'm supposed to be feminine and dainty, but I'm not. There are two sides to the coin. People are more impressed with things that I do because they almost treat you as if you're handicapped if you're a woman... people can be impressed that I can play a few chords on the guitar.” PeopleIfsI CanTwoPlaySidesTreatsGuitarSupposed To BeFeminineImpressedCoinsChordsTwo SidesHandicappedDainty Author:Kesha
“Though it's hard to be completely certain about things like this, I have a suspicion that only someone with deep freedom (one who makes decisions for reasons that are his own) and who's also a moral being (can experience goodness) can have a meaningful friendship with God. If friendship with God and sharing in His happiness are good things (and it seems they are), then making a creature who could enjoy these things is also a good thing, even if it comes with a liability. There's a risk.” IfsHardReasonSeemsCertainEnjoyDecisionMoralRiskCreaturesGoodnessGood ThingsMeaningfulSuspicionLiabilityMeaningful FriendshipFriendship With God Author:Greg Koukl
“Man had freedom to choose the good, but this same freedom also allowed him to choose the bad. This is called moral freedom.” MenMoralFreedom To ChooseMoral Freedom Author:Greg Koukl
“Something good made something bad possible (though not inevitable). Humans, however, didn't use their freedom well. Instead of using it to honor God in friendship, they used it to rebel.” HumansWellsMadeUseUsedHonorInevitableRebel Author:Greg Koukl
“When God's children disobeyed their heavenly Father, they damaged everything. When Adam and Eve rebelled against the King of the universe, they broke the whole world. This is why there is evil and suffering. Bad things happen in a world that's broken.” WorldChildrenWholeHappensSufferingUniverseEvilFatherBrokenKingsThings HappenWhole WorldBrokeHeavenlyBad ThingsAdamHeavenly FatherAdam And EveBad Things HappenEvil And Suffering Author:Greg Koukl