我將生死禍福陳明在你面前，所以你要揀選生命。申30：19
I have set before you life and death;. . . Therefore choose life. Deuteronomy 30:19
如果上帝拿去這個世界的所有邪惡，但依然留下人類在這個地球，就意味著人的「一部分基本特質」被毀滅了。我們就成了機器人。我來具體解釋一下。如果上帝消滅了邪惡，讓我們人類只做好事，我們就失去了特殊的標識，不能再做選擇，我們也不再是自由道德的使者。我們的功能就和機器人沒有兩樣。
我還可以繼續說明。機器人不會去愛。上帝創造我們，是讓我們有能力去愛。愛的前提是一個人有權利去選擇來愛。我們不能強迫別人愛我們。我們只能強迫別人服務和順服我們。但是愛是建立在一個人的自由基礎上的選擇和回應。
有了選擇的機會，我會選擇對自己的行為負責，而不是選擇做沒有責任的機器人。你願意做明智的選擇，為上帝使用麼？
If God were to remove all evil from our world (but somehow leave human beings on the planet), it would mean that the essence of 「humanness」 would be destroyed. We would become robots.
Let me explain what I mean by this, If God eliminated evil by programming us to perform only good acts, we would lose this distinguishing mark-the ability to make choices, We would no longer be free moral agents. We would be reduced to the status of robots.
Let’s take this a step further. Robots do no love. God created us with the capacity to love. Love is based upon one’s right to choose to love. We cannot force others to love us. We can make them serve us or obey us. But true love is founded upon one’s freedom to choose to respond.
Given the choice, I would rather be responsible for my actions than be a robot without responsibility! Are you using your ability to make decisions wisely-and using it for God?
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