DNA Proves Existence of a Designer

[Peebothuhlu]

*Cough* He doesn't need to use any paint at all...

Christianity stands up there along side the rest/best of them.

I can see it now.

Zeus, Yahwey and Odin standing on their cloud, looking down and comparing where their thrown lighting bolts landed (Well.. Odin and Thor).



At least Pantheism doesn't have a "Problem of Evil.' Since there are so many dieties to which to appoint the blame for when things go bad.

With monotheism... You've kind of got a problem when that time comes around.

Evil exists based on the devil's rebellion to God.  That is when the knowledge of good and evil must have been known to someone other than God.

*Nods* Yeah, I get that about your system.

The problem you have is that:

1) Your diety is the biggest of all things. It's the creator of all things. It's the knower of all things.

2) This leads to the issue of your diety first knowing what it's going to do. Do said things anyway. Said created things then running off and doing the things they were created to do.

So... you diety created the evil AND lets it run around doing its evil things.

Is a problem, don't cha think?

Heck, pretty sure the Euthyphro's dilema sums up your problem. Or the more, modern, parahprasing at least.

At least with Odin... they can blame Loki being micheivieous and things going all ploin shaped from there. Same with most other pantheons. All the good diety's are runnning around trying to stop/thwart the evil dietys. Well... maybe the other way around, YMMV.

Not at work.