Apologists William Lane Craig & Alvin Plantinga try to argue that God allows evil because it results in a greater good (more people being Saved). But presumably not all evils result in a greater good (for instance if I blew up the sun then no extra souls would be saved than if I hadn't). So god - who has acted before - will act if in the long-term the greater good is served. Otherwise, he will let millions suffer (many of whom will never know of or convert to Christianity).
All very well. But then I wonders: why should I be good? If I do a bad thing and it is allowed, surely then it must result in a greater good? Surely we should all just do as we feel and let Yahweh sort it all out? This god, the one that Craig says (to paraphrase CS Lewis) "is not a tame lion", is not cuddly but calculating. And their apologetics basically undermines any basis of morality.
All very well. But then I wonders: why should I be good? If I do a bad thing and it is allowed, surely then it must result in a greater good? Surely we should all just do as we feel and let Yahweh sort it all out? This god, the one that Craig says (to paraphrase CS Lewis) "is not a tame lion", is not cuddly but calculating. And their apologetics basically undermines any basis of morality.
