(February 28, 2011 at 10:54 pm)everythingafter Wrote: Not only that: he's also all-powerful and all-loving. But he was all-loving, how could he possibly not using his all-powerfulness to save his creation from such immense suffering. The problem of evil was one of the most convincing reasons to turn me away from belief. It makes utterly no sense. Believers so delude themselves that they can't see these glaring inconsistencies in God's supposed character.
The notion of "God" as a benevolent, loving, compassionate and forgiving being is completely contradicted by this deity's own actions. Drowning children in a flood, killing the first born as punishment for a pharoah's inaction, turning people into salt for looking when they're not supposed to, chasing a naieve young couple out of paradise for eating from a forbidden tree (and denying a life in paradise to EVERYONE).... these are the actions of a petulant, angry and vengeful being. Not what we would expect from a loving and forgiving one.
Of course, the believers delude themselves by rationalizing this undeniable contradiction. They must if they're going to continue believing. Their moronic, simplistic answers satisfy only themselves. Sort of like when you tell a six year old that the Tooth Fairy magically takes away a lost tooth and leaves money.
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
