I find this brilliantly intuitive ! On Mar 12, 8:57 am, Dinesh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 believer declares this to be an out of date writing by an ancient 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 -
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