RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense.
July 19, 2012 at 8:49 pm
(This post was last modified: July 19, 2012 at 8:53 pm by FallentoReason.)
(July 19, 2012 at 4:26 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(July 19, 2012 at 3:39 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote: Christian! Godschild! Drich! Fr0d0!
COME ON DOWN! :-D
I am waiting for them. One argument I have against diseases is the following:
If diseases are for a greater in good for humanity, we should not want to cure them.
We should want to cure them.
Therefore diseases are not for a greater good for humanity.
To this they will most likely say Original Sin is to blame.
(July 19, 2012 at 6:41 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I guess a general argument against sufferring can be as follows:
If suffering was for the greater good, we should not want to get rid of suffering.
We should want to get rid of suffering.
Therefore suffering is not for the greater good.
I thought you said before that this is too general and that suffering is subjective?
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
