Theists: how do you account for psychopaths?

[Catholic_Lady]

https://atheistforums.org/thread-48227.h...e+morality

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No, and that's what I just explained, dude. 

The individual thing itself (ie starvation) does not serve a greater good. 

God not divinely intervening every time anything bad would happen to any person, I assume, serves a greater good. Both in allowing humans to have free will and in allowing the natural processes of this natural world to run their course. I assume there is a valid reason why He allows for both of those things, even though they sometimes cause suffering.  



I assume this IS the maximum goodness, if all things are considered, which we can't consider since we haven't seen all of eternity.

(edited due to misreading the first time lol)

I'm sorry but your are saying that God allowing 3 million children per year to starve to death contributes to the greater good. Because if god stepped in a saved the children it would effect our greater good at some point in eternity. I am not implying that you personally think starving children is good thing, I'm trying to argue with your reasoning as to why an all powerful god would allow or would even have to allow this to take place.

No, there is no good that comes from children starving, in and of itself. It's a horrible thing. Which is exactly why God gave us the moral responsibility to feed the hungry, take care of each other, not be greedy, use our actions for good to help others, etc. There is a greater good (presumably) that comes from God allowing free will and allowing the world to be as it would, naturally, without stepping in and resorting to divine intervention. If all of us chipped in, and if government leaders werent corrupt, I think the number of starving children would greately be reduced. God gave US that responsibility, I assume, for a reason.