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The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense.

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RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense.

July 20, 2012 at 11:38 am (This post was last modified: July 20, 2012 at 11:38 am by Epimethean.)

The issue of why a hypothetical deity would of necessity be purely good is a good one to raise, and it points up our need for the irreality of utopias. A far more believable skydaddy would have some mean in him, like a bit of spiked nectar, and enjoy cavorting with the ladies.

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The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 19, 2012 at 12:40 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by padraic - July 19, 2012 at 1:47 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by FallentoReason - July 19, 2012 at 4:40 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by genkaus - July 19, 2012 at 4:57 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by FallentoReason - July 19, 2012 at 7:33 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by genkaus - July 19, 2012 at 7:57 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by FallentoReason - July 19, 2012 at 8:21 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by genkaus - July 19, 2012 at 10:55 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Dan Brooks - December 27, 2017 at 8:26 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Pat Mustard - December 27, 2017 at 10:00 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Abaddon_ire - December 27, 2017 at 10:44 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Dan Brooks - December 28, 2017 at 9:26 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by vulcanlogician - December 28, 2017 at 9:41 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by bennyboy - December 29, 2017 at 7:08 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by genkaus - July 19, 2012 at 4:22 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by padraic - July 19, 2012 at 4:59 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Ben Davis - July 19, 2012 at 6:41 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Faith No More - July 19, 2012 at 8:13 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Nemo - July 19, 2012 at 8:18 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 19, 2012 at 11:41 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 19, 2012 at 12:25 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 19, 2012 at 1:08 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 19, 2012 at 1:12 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 19, 2012 at 2:18 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by genkaus - July 20, 2012 at 2:04 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Mister Agenda - November 14, 2017 at 10:59 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 19, 2012 at 2:22 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 19, 2012 at 2:30 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 19, 2012 at 2:39 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 19, 2012 at 2:44 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 19, 2012 at 2:49 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 19, 2012 at 3:22 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Annik - July 19, 2012 at 3:23 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 19, 2012 at 3:25 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Annik - July 19, 2012 at 3:56 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Reforged - July 19, 2012 at 3:39 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 19, 2012 at 4:26 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by FallentoReason - July 19, 2012 at 8:49 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 21, 2012 at 3:52 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Cato - July 21, 2012 at 4:54 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Zen Badger - July 21, 2012 at 5:18 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 21, 2012 at 9:39 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Nemo - July 19, 2012 at 5:39 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 19, 2012 at 6:34 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 19, 2012 at 6:41 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 19, 2012 at 9:39 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Ryantology - July 19, 2012 at 11:04 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 20, 2012 at 3:31 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 20, 2012 at 10:03 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 20, 2012 at 10:46 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 20, 2012 at 11:12 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Nemo - July 20, 2012 at 8:11 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 20, 2012 at 11:18 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Epimethean - July 20, 2012 at 11:38 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by padraic - July 20, 2012 at 8:34 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 20, 2012 at 8:43 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Ryantology - July 20, 2012 at 11:17 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 20, 2012 at 11:25 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Ryantology - July 20, 2012 at 11:36 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 20, 2012 at 11:42 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 21, 2012 at 4:56 am

Re: RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 21, 2012 at 12:18 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 21, 2012 at 1:02 pm

Re: RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 21, 2012 at 1:29 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 21, 2012 at 1:45 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 21, 2012 at 2:03 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 21, 2012 at 2:11 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 21, 2012 at 2:38 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 21, 2012 at 2:58 pm

Re: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 21, 2012 at 2:57 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 21, 2012 at 3:14 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 21, 2012 at 3:20 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 21, 2012 at 3:32 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 21, 2012 at 3:39 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 21, 2012 at 3:41 pm

Re: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 21, 2012 at 3:49 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 21, 2012 at 4:25 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 21, 2012 at 6:18 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Nemo - July 21, 2012 at 7:12 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 21, 2012 at 11:12 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 22, 2012 at 2:25 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 22, 2012 at 10:33 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by StatCrux - July 22, 2012 at 3:23 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Epimethean - July 22, 2012 at 10:34 am

Re: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 22, 2012 at 12:30 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 22, 2012 at 1:42 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Epimethean - July 22, 2012 at 2:41 pm

Re: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 22, 2012 at 3:06 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Epimethean - July 24, 2012 at 2:53 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 22, 2012 at 6:43 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 22, 2012 at 10:09 pm

Re: RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 23, 2012 at 12:09 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 23, 2012 at 12:56 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Reforged - July 23, 2012 at 1:18 am

Re: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 23, 2012 at 1:11 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 23, 2012 at 1:54 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 23, 2012 at 3:14 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 23, 2012 at 4:36 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by GodlessGirl - July 23, 2012 at 7:29 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Faith No More - July 23, 2012 at 8:25 am

Re: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 23, 2012 at 12:51 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Faith No More - July 23, 2012 at 6:53 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 23, 2012 at 5:42 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 23, 2012 at 8:13 pm

Re: RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 24, 2012 at 1:30 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Cato - July 24, 2012 at 1:38 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 24, 2012 at 2:23 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 24, 2012 at 3:33 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 24, 2012 at 4:59 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 24, 2012 at 2:51 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 25, 2012 at 3:22 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 25, 2012 at 3:52 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 25, 2012 at 5:11 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 25, 2012 at 5:36 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 26, 2012 at 4:14 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - July 24, 2012 at 10:40 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 24, 2012 at 11:47 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - July 24, 2012 at 1:08 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - July 24, 2012 at 2:59 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 24, 2012 at 3:03 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - July 24, 2012 at 3:04 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 24, 2012 at 3:21 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 24, 2012 at 5:05 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Reforged - July 24, 2012 at 9:36 pm

Re: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 25, 2012 at 1:31 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - July 25, 2012 at 9:59 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - July 25, 2012 at 5:49 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - July 25, 2012 at 4:30 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Ryantology - July 25, 2012 at 4:31 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - July 25, 2012 at 6:16 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Skepsis - July 26, 2012 at 6:32 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Faith No More - July 26, 2012 at 8:33 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - July 26, 2012 at 8:42 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - July 26, 2012 at 4:12 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Faith No More - July 27, 2012 at 7:34 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by fr0d0 - July 27, 2012 at 8:02 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - July 27, 2012 at 8:44 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Faith No More - July 27, 2012 at 1:18 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - November 13, 2017 at 7:08 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by bennyboy - November 14, 2017 at 8:48 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - November 14, 2017 at 11:41 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by WinterHold - November 15, 2017 at 5:12 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by bennyboy - November 15, 2017 at 7:22 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by MysticKnight - November 15, 2017 at 11:28 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by bennyboy - November 15, 2017 at 7:00 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by pocaracas - November 14, 2017 at 1:37 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Ravenshire - November 14, 2017 at 3:31 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - November 14, 2017 at 12:47 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2017 at 8:13 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by WinterHold - November 15, 2017 at 10:30 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2017 at 10:35 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by WinterHold - November 15, 2017 at 11:34 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2017 at 11:37 am

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by WinterHold - November 15, 2017 at 12:31 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2017 at 1:09 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by WinterHold - November 15, 2017 at 3:05 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2017 at 3:09 pm

RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense. - by Minimalist - December 29, 2017 at 7:21 pm

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