My Meetup group (Brisbane Atheists) are having a discussion tonight and extending invitation to anyone as it will be on Zoom so no travel is necessary. If you'd like to attend just join Brisbane Atheists, even if it is temporary. [meetup.com] Love to see you there.
Topic is as follows
The Problem of Evil:
The existence of evil, pain and suffering is considered by many philosophers to be the most vexed question concerning the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient and morally perfect deity.
Why would a loving God permit wanton acts of cruelty and misery on the scale witnessed throughout human history?
Leslie Allan (Owner and Author, Rational Realm www.RationalRealm.com) leads a discussion on common theistic responses to this problem, exploring how each approaches the problem and outstanding issues.
He then examines a theistic defence designed to show that the problem of evil is not a problem at all.
Preliminary reading:
www.RationalRealm.com/philosophy/metaphysics/problem-of-evil.html
Download the lecture handout from:
www.RationalRealm.com/downloads/other/AtheistSociety-ProblemOfEvil-Attendee-v2.0.pdf
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