RE: Argument from evil, restated
May 25, 2013 at 8:22 pm
(This post was last modified: May 25, 2013 at 8:29 pm by Ryantology.)
(May 25, 2013 at 3:55 am)Godschild Wrote: Since you do not believe there's a God, then tell us what's your reason for not helping all those people you rant about. Are you as callous as you describe God are you as uncaring as you accuse the God you don't believe exists. Just what is your problem. If you spent the same amount of time try do to something for those people as you do here telling us how bad the God you do not believe in is, then those people would have more than they do now, how irresponsible of you.
I am curious to know how you know about my charity when I never make a point to talk about it?
Not that it matters. I don't claim to be perfect and flawless and the source of all things good, but your god does. Why do you hold me higher standard than you do your own god?
If I had the power to help those children, if perhaps I was omnipotent and omniscient, let's say, I would not hesitate to instantly and for free, provide everything every human needed to live a life of safety and freedom from fear of want. I would have the imagination to influence them in ways that they would wish to compete with the unknowns of the universe instead of each other. I would make it possible for humans to live driven by more honorable ambitions without having to worry about having enough to survive.
But, I don't. So, I help in my own ways. You God is alleged to have that power, and chooses to allow it all to happen. Ending suffering is, to me, a moral imperative of any being which has unlimited powers, as it only exists if they desire it to. I feel responsible for things which are smaller or lesser than I am. I will kill roaches in my kitchen only because I have no non-violent alternative method left to try. I would not kill bacteria if there was a way to neutralize their effects on my body without destroying them. I would never kill anything if a non-violent method was possible to accomplish whatever motive I had. If I have such power and allow the present state of affairs to exist, that is an act of malice at worst and criminal neglect at best.