RE: Epicurean Paradox
April 10, 2012 at 8:52 am
(This post was last modified: April 10, 2012 at 8:58 am by The Grand Nudger.)
The problem of evil is that it exists, weighed against the claims of omni-benevolence and omnipotence. We've come full circle where you avoid this problem by removing omni-benevolence. Good for you, and I suppose I get to ask again, "So, god is not omnibenevolent then?" and maybe this time you wont try to salvage it with bullshit about "unauthorized biographies" and "enough truth", right? Let me be clear, I agree with you completely as to whether or not the biblical god is omnibenevolent. I don't think that the god of the bible is a force for good at all, merely a force for it's own desires. It just so happens that I think that this god's desires are malevolent. Epicuras seemed to feel that such a god would not be worthy of worship (the able but not willing variety-similar to the not able and not willing variety), I agree.
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