RE: One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window.
November 8, 2017 at 1:55 pm
(November 8, 2017 at 1:40 pm)Khemikal Wrote: -and there we are explicitly affirming the problem of evil again, and that god is the definition of evil.
The problem with earthly tyrants..is that they're just not as good at it as god is.
No, he is the creator of evil, and who controls it. If you got born with a hand missing; it's because he wished so and wrote that upon you.
Human tyrants need. God doesn't need. God creates.
Here are interesting verses from the Quran about this:
Quote:Sura 59, The Quran:
( 23 ) He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.
Quote:Sura 67, The Quran:
( 2 ) [He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -
Quote:Sura 19, The Quran:To be a weak God; you need to be like Greek Gods: only known for one or two traits. There is no ultimate merciful and at the same time all powerful tyrant. All tyrants control evil only; not evil and mercy.
( 83 ) Do you not see that We have sent the devils upon the disbelievers, inciting them to [evil] with [constant] incitement?