RE: Argument from evil, restated
May 21, 2013 at 4:12 pm
(This post was last modified: May 21, 2013 at 4:13 pm by Ryantology.)
(May 21, 2013 at 3:16 pm)John V Wrote:(May 21, 2013 at 2:47 pm)Praetorian Wrote: The point is, why would a god who detests evil also create or allow it to exist in the first place?So that we know he's a god who detests evil.
Why is it necessary for us to know God detests evil?
Quote:Depth of relationship is dependent on knowledge of the subject of the relationship. God chose a deeper relationship with fewer people over a superficial relationship with many or all people.
Is this yet another admission that God's abilities have limits? He could have chosen to have as deep a relationship with as many people as he wished if he really was omnicapable. People have to be choosy about investing time and energy into relationships because we have finite abilities and lifespans. If God is being choosy, then he is deciding to intentionally exclude the majority. And for some reason, that's our fault.
That's why the "god stays invisible because he wants us to have faith" idea is repulsive and illogical. If he actually showed himself and did good things for people, almost everybody in the world would want what you want and try as hard as you do to get it. Why make blind faith a requirement, in fact, the only requirement he actually cares about?
There's an obvious and certainly correct answer for that: the requirement of faith is necessary for people to believe in a god which doesn't exist.
