RE: One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window.
November 7, 2017 at 11:22 am
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2017 at 11:26 am by Whateverist.)
(November 7, 2017 at 11:12 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(November 7, 2017 at 10:53 am)pool the matey Wrote: Wow I feel like I'm in the twilight zone, seriously I don't believe you guys believe child rape is a subjectively immoral act AT ALL. bullshit. Bullshit, bullshit. Only a seriously twisted evil person can think that and I know you guys don't really believe that, you're just saying that to give your point more weight, whatever, but still, not cool though. Don't agree with it at all but you're entitled to your opinion.
They don't think evil exists in the first place. So a person who rapes, tortures, and kills a child is not an evil person. And doing those things to a child is not an evil thing to do.
I think we do define it differently. I don't view evil as having a mind of its own with which it conscripts the weak willed to do its bidding. I simply find abhorrent certain acts. The person who does an evil act isn't necessarily inherently evil, but the act would be and the consequence will be severe at any rate.
In the same way, I don't think the good has any existence apart from our acts. I think Christians mostly think God is the embodiment of good, the evidence in the bible to the contrary be damned.