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 hoangmphung rated 5 weeks ago - From the page:
The problem of evil points out a logical contradiction in the traditional conceptions of the nature of God and the world.
Suppose we have the following four premises:
1. God is omnipotent.
2. God is omnibenevolent.
3. God is omniscient.
4. Evil exists.
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- Tags: religion, god, atheism, philosophy, evil, christianity
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- hoangmphung rated 5 weeks agochristianity, philosophy, religion
- From the page:
The problem of evil points out a logical contradiction in the traditional conceptions of the nature of God and the world.
Suppose we have the following four premises:
1. God is omnipotent.
2. God is omnibenevolent.
3. God is omniscient.
4. Evil exists.
We get the following contradiction. If God is omnibenevolent, then he does not want evil to exist. If God is omniscient, then he must know about all evil in the world. If God is omnipotent, then he must be capable of doing something about it. Therefore, evil should not exist. Dropping any one of those four premises would resolve the contradiction, but dropping #4 would require us to fundamentally redefine evil in some way, and dropping the other three would undermine the Christian concept of God.
As David Hume wrote, (paraphrasing Epicurus):
"Is He willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then He is impotent. Is He able, but not willing? Then He is malevolent. Is He both able and willing? Whence then is evil?"
- IceHawk rated 6 weeks agoreligion
- No matter what your beliefs, this one certainly makes you think
- urbycoz3 rated 6 weeks agoreligion
- From the page: "The problem of evil points out a logical contradiction in the traditional conceptions of the nature of God and the world."
A very biased and one-sided explanation of a theological line of thinking. The author seems to believe it proves the non-existance of God. However, in reality, equally simple pseudo-logic can be used to supposedly prove the existance of God.
 Uru rated 6 weeks ago- Well, it makes you think if you're 15 years old and don't know jack-shit about anything. Our logic is flawed and always will be. The bullshit rant about God creating flawed critters (like us) therefor, He is flawed, leaves out a lot of the Nature of the Mind of God. Therefor, we don't know jack-shit. Dig it?
- sevenbasic rated 7 weeks agoreligion, evil
- From the page: "As David Hume wrote, (paraphrasing Epicurus):
"Is He willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then He is impotent. Is He able, but not willing? Then He is malevolent. Is He both able and willing? Whence then is evil?"
â€" Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion"
- tisstupid rated 7 weeks agophilosophy, religion, atheism, god
- The biggest problem with this work is that it doesn't define good and evil. It assumes the reader's working knowledge of good and evil are the same as the author's and sometimes assumes the definition of evil changes with each counter-argument.Is a good outcome anything that benefits all of humanity all the time, something that benefits all individuals at every moment of their life, anything that follows God's plan, or is it simply making it to the better part of the afterlife?The easiest answer to the question, "Why does God let bad things happen to good or innocent people?" is because from God's perspective, life is not finite. When God allows an innocent child to die, their soul survives the incident. The greater good from man's perspective may not be the greater good from the perspective of a God who is not of the reality that he created... a god not bound to this reality or time-line. The tough love section of this article does nothing to counter or address that argument. Instead it creates a false premise that God requires obedience and free will simultaneously. Most likely god gives free will but obedience is ours to choose. This article also makes the long failed statement, "God is not all-powerful in the sense that he can create a rock so heavy that even he cannot lift it." This is, of course, a false statement because in essence, God does not lift things.God is not bound to or of this reality. Imagine creating a virtual reality program. Are you bound by the laws and rules defined in that reality? How do you interact with that reality? You either change the variables, and therefore the contents of that world, or you create an avatar to interact with that world. (ie Jesus, Buddha, Mohamed, what have you...)From our perspective, God is omnipotent because he controls everything that encompasses our existence. However, that does not mean that God is bound to the rules of the seemingly infinite reality which he has created.
- RockTheHouse rated 8 weeks agoreligion
- Guys, it's not saying evil is bad. In fact, the article gives many of the same arguments you have. Next time read before you thumb down, you may learn something.
- FlamingMetroidzd rated 8 weeks ago
- Somebody message me where it says in the Bible that God does not want evil to exist. If he didn't want evil to exist, he would be simply banish all those who were evil to nothingness, right? Though, according to the Bible, all of man has fallen, and therefore all men have evil residing in them. Believing that God is "omnibenevolent" would be a contradiction, as the human race obviously still exists and has not be banished to nothingness.
People are obsessed with personifying evil. But this is a mistake. People are not evil, actions based on decisions are. Now, one could argue that God could just get rid of the evil decisions that man makes. However, that would destroy man's own free will and reduce him to the equivalent of slavery. Would a just and loving God rule his people by taking away their freedom? Evil is not the fault of God or his duty to prevent, it is the price to pay for freedom of mind in this selfish world.
- avadir rated 8 weeks ago
- This life is but a test. It's the hereafter that counts and will be without evil or such. Meanwhile... it's our duty to fight evil. If God just banished evil, then we might as well let children graduate from university and take offices. Have patience, endure pain and trust in God. I believe the Holocaust and such were not tests to the victims but the generations to follow, It was the kind of a test that makes one person write an article like that and another, have faith in his God.
"Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, 'We believe', and that they will not be tested?" Quran 29:2
I don't quite remember the quote but I heard it from the Miracle at St. Anna movie, it was something along the lines of "well if you don't believe in god, then why do you care if he's the one allowing the killings" i dunno I probably got it wrong but it made sense to me when I heard it.
- gbratboy1 rated 8 weeks agoreligion
- And what's so bad about "evil"? Without evil, there would be no good amirite?
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