RE: Someone debate me
August 27, 2012 at 1:44 pm
(This post was last modified: August 27, 2012 at 1:45 pm by Mystic.)
The problem of evil is emotional. When we see diseases, we wish they were all cured. When we see cancer, we want to be cured. When we see mental illness, we want it to be cured. When we see poverty we want to be eradicated.
We emotionally are against all suffering. We want it gone. And if we had the power to make it go away, we would, wouldn't we?
Yet God doesn't do this. Hence, we feel there is something wrong here.
As much as we may justify it with words, we emotionally agree with the problem of evil.
The argument maybe an argument from ignorance, none the less, it's emotionally convincing.
If we had a magic wand in our hand, we would make all suffering go away? Most of us would say yes, almost all of us, would say yes. Wisdom, greater good, etc, we really don't care for that.
This is why the argument is so strong. We are already emotionally convinced.
We emotionally are against all suffering. We want it gone. And if we had the power to make it go away, we would, wouldn't we?
Yet God doesn't do this. Hence, we feel there is something wrong here.
As much as we may justify it with words, we emotionally agree with the problem of evil.
The argument maybe an argument from ignorance, none the less, it's emotionally convincing.
If we had a magic wand in our hand, we would make all suffering go away? Most of us would say yes, almost all of us, would say yes. Wisdom, greater good, etc, we really don't care for that.
This is why the argument is so strong. We are already emotionally convinced.
