I would tend to say, the moment we define good (or the opposite of evil) we define evil, and vice-verse. I doubt if it is a simple mathematical solution like, if you have 100 evil acts enlisted and eliminate them totally, then the world is free of evil. Imo to think that one can eliminate evil without eliminating good, or suffering without happiness, is a religious delusion. And to think that one can eliminate God without eliminating man, is a God delusion.
On Mar 11, 7:16 pm, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11 Mar, 13:21, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That there were two gods- one good and one evil was an early heresy > > dismissed by some council of Christian Fathers.//We were taught that > > god desired choices made by free wills rather than forced determinism. > > Yet 'free will' causes another paradox, as it allows the employer of > such to act outside the Will of God, meaning God is not omnipotent, as > one can act against His will, leaving Him impotent to prevent that. > Problem!!!! > > > On Mar 8, 11:48 pm, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm going to address a few issues when I can, life has taken most of > > > my attention recently. I will post on the idiots idea of Pascal's > > > wager and all of the silly ideas that it invokes, I simply don't have > > > the time at the moment. > > > Until then, I'd like you to chew on this quote. Devout theists > > > proclaim this to be a defeated concept, without ever explaining when, > > > where, or how it was defeated. Christians especially call foul, yet > > > seem incapable of explaining the foul. An extreme case of irony > > > happens more often than many of you might imagine; wherein a bible > > > believer declares this to be an out of date writing by an ancient > > > author, one that has no bearing on modern life!!!! hahahaha too funny > > > and so sad... > > > > 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? > > > - Epicurus-- Hide quoted > > > text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
