(July 19, 2012 at 1:47 am)padraic Wrote: In my opinion,the problems of evil and suffering are incompatible with the notion of an Abrahamic/caring/powerful God.
I agree with the pithy summation attributed to Epicurus:
Quote:Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
As a former Christian, I used to say to this that Epicurus lived before the time of Jesus. God was willing to an extent to do something about it, hence why he sent Jesus. Do you think this is theologically satisfactory?
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle