Before this thread gets too in-depth, the defence is going to have to provide some reason why one thing takes precedence over another. It is going to have to be explained what "greater good" really means, and why it is greater than... whatever.
Also, @MysticKnight, was the use of evolution to provide diversity worth its weight in suffering? Can there consievably be a better system that provides diversity, without the need for a system which inerently includes suffering?
A creator God is responcible for everything that occurs at any point in time to his creation. I don't feel that an intelligent God with the power to create a universe would allow any suffering, having the ability to create whatever it is he wants. The two conflict directly, his creation with his nature, and to an extent they are forever irreconcilable.
Also, @MysticKnight, was the use of evolution to provide diversity worth its weight in suffering? Can there consievably be a better system that provides diversity, without the need for a system which inerently includes suffering?
A creator God is responcible for everything that occurs at any point in time to his creation. I don't feel that an intelligent God with the power to create a universe would allow any suffering, having the ability to create whatever it is he wants. The two conflict directly, his creation with his nature, and to an extent they are forever irreconcilable.
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
