RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense.
July 19, 2012 at 11:41 am
(This post was last modified: July 19, 2012 at 11:42 am by Skepsis.)
(July 19, 2012 at 8:18 am)Nemo Wrote: The concept of evil is a grey area. What is evil to one person is possibly good to another. Society, moral and teachings (both non-religious and religious) do guide us in what is generally speaking evil/bad and what is good. However i maintain the believe that we do not need the bible or whatever other book you deem holy as the ultimate guide of our morality.
Hense why the arugment is typically labeled the argument from evil/suffering.
There is no moral teaching that I know of that values human life which dictates the unnecessary suffering of the unborn, the innocent, children, and/or the incompetant (lame). An omnibenevolent creator shouldn't allow these evils and these sufferings to continue their furthered existence- in fact, an omni benevolent creator shouldn't have ever allowed things like this to occur.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
