A Farewell to the Problem of Evil
Theodicy, which attempts to reconcile the existence of evil with the alleged existence of a just and all-powerful deity, has yet to produce an argument not riddled with pathetic holes.
Ironically, it is the concept of an all-knowing, all-powerful, all-loving god that creates the Problem of Evil in the first place. Delete the god, and the Problem of Evil vanishes. What remains is a world that works exactly as you would expect.
*The Problem of Evil, per Epicurus
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Epicurus makes as much sense today as he did 2000 yrs ago (give or take).
i take his advice to heart. enjoy the small pleasures we are limited to in the minute amount of time we are permitted on this planet.
today i golfed & won some quarters. this eve i enjoyed some craft beer & my fav rye whiskey. then went out for great dinosaur bones (big beef ribs) & great craft IPA beer.
i couldn't live any better if i were a billionaire.
callmedubious
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July 2, 2019
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This waste of words is like the comedy HARVEY the RABBIT with Jimmy Stewart or absurdist theatre WAITING FOR godot.....debating the existence of delusion in the brains of mentally ill people or cult brainwashing victims is a sick sophomoric campus exercise.....gawd gott or gods are gibberish sounds unworthy of capitalization....zero evidence or rational definition relating exactly where and what these alleged gawd things are HAS NEVER BEEN POSITED why pretend a "debate" can ever take place upon a gibberish "question ?"
GreenAtheist
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July 2, 2019
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Agreed. It's all contrived. You have to be willing to consider that God doesn't exist to understand. But, believers can't.
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