Is God obligated to create the best of all possible creations?
If He did not do so, would this then reflect a deficiency of His character?
If He does so, can we assert any reason for this world to qualify as the best of all possible worlds besides, "This is the best of all possible worlds precisely because this is the one that God made. Therefore it must be the best."
If the best of all possible worlds included sin, then, in order to make the best of all possible worlds, was God obligated them to permit sin to enter this world, so that the best of all possible worlds (one in which Christ would maximize the attributes of God in wrath, justice and mercy, and love) could come into being.
Sorry, been reading Leibniz again.
If He did not do so, would this then reflect a deficiency of His character?
If He does so, can we assert any reason for this world to qualify as the best of all possible worlds besides, "This is the best of all possible worlds precisely because this is the one that God made. Therefore it must be the best."
If the best of all possible worlds included sin, then, in order to make the best of all possible worlds, was God obligated them to permit sin to enter this world, so that the best of all possible worlds (one in which Christ would maximize the attributes of God in wrath, justice and mercy, and love) could come into being.
Sorry, been reading Leibniz again.