Argument from evil, restated

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Well, people wouldn't make guns if they always jammed would they. Humans are rather clever at finding ways to do evil. God made us ingenious so that we could do good. And He created the world to have order and operate according to physical laws so we can reasonably predict the results of our actions. Seems like you are complaining that God gave human beings both intelligence and the ability to use it to our own ends. Would you rather be stupid and ineffective?

I do not know why He chooses to interfere only rarely. He knows better than I do, and its not my place to tell God what he should and shouldn't do. I do not pretend to be wiser than God, but that seems to be the position of most atheists, i.e that they are wiser than God. That strikes me as arrogant.

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Nobody in this thread has claimed they are wiser than God (yet). The entire purpose of even talking about this is just to voice my objections.

If @JohnV is going to concede omnibenevolence, and you are going chalk my objections up to mysterious ways, that's perfectly fine. It won't destroy your faith, and you don't even necessarily lose the argument. All any of us are saying is that the structure of Christianity has cracks in it, and we need to point them out. I applaud Christians who are willing to question and doubt what they believe in. Inquiry is a sign of intellectual honesty.

Yes they have. If an atheist were to start questioning his/her ideas on this forum you and the rest would be screaming to the top of the mountain, you can't do that, it's not right. If one of you were to inquire into Christianity you would call them intellectually dishonest.