RE: Evidence God Exists
March 17, 2010 at 5:38 am
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2010 at 5:40 am by Joe Bloe.)
AngelThMan wrote:
We don't have any evidence that disproves a God. If we do, can you explain?
The Problem of Evil
It is claimed that God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent.
But evil exists
- If God doesn't know about evil he is not omniscient.
- If God knows about evil but cannot stop it, he is not omnipotent.
- If God knows about evil and he can stop it but doesn't, he is not omnibenevolent.
QED: God does not exist.
Apologists have come up with dozens of explanations for this "problem of evil" (as it is known), but every single one of those explanations have been refuted and the conclusion holds good - God does not exist.
To give you an idea of how serious this problem is for the religionists, it is worth pointing out that some of them have suggested that evil does not exist. Serial killers are not evil, they are actually good people... Not as good as you and me, but still good. And nothing evil has happened to the victims; the victim just happened to be in a place where there was a little less than usual amount of good!
The mere fact that apologists find it necessary to raise such a ludicrous defense of their God is enough to suggest that the conclusions drawn from the problem of evil are more effective than they would ever dare to admit.
We don't have any evidence that disproves a God. If we do, can you explain?
The Problem of Evil
It is claimed that God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent.
But evil exists
- If God doesn't know about evil he is not omniscient.
- If God knows about evil but cannot stop it, he is not omnipotent.
- If God knows about evil and he can stop it but doesn't, he is not omnibenevolent.
QED: God does not exist.
Apologists have come up with dozens of explanations for this "problem of evil" (as it is known), but every single one of those explanations have been refuted and the conclusion holds good - God does not exist.
To give you an idea of how serious this problem is for the religionists, it is worth pointing out that some of them have suggested that evil does not exist. Serial killers are not evil, they are actually good people... Not as good as you and me, but still good. And nothing evil has happened to the victims; the victim just happened to be in a place where there was a little less than usual amount of good!
The mere fact that apologists find it necessary to raise such a ludicrous defense of their God is enough to suggest that the conclusions drawn from the problem of evil are more effective than they would ever dare to admit.