RE: Argument from evil, restated
June 3, 2013 at 2:22 pm
(This post was last modified: June 3, 2013 at 2:24 pm by Undeceived.)
(June 2, 2013 at 5:05 pm)Zarith Wrote: So when we ask God to remove the impulse to do evil from us, we are asking him to make us a robot, and remove the possibility to love. And earth is basically one big robotics factory, with the rejects being thrown in the incinerator for eternity, and heaven is some sort of robotics playground in the sky. No thanks.
That's the choice to be made. Do you want to be who you are, who is dying? Or do you want to be what God can make you to be, which lasts forever? If there is a Creator, would you not think he knows what is best for you?
(June 2, 2013 at 5:05 pm)Zarith Wrote: Which is more likely? That this really happened, or that someone had the clever idea to create 2 separate accounts, charge all the good to one and all the evil to another, presto, now there exists a being which is pure good, problem of evil solved. Well, not really.
Are you acknowledging that both good and evil exist? If so, where do their ideas come from?
(June 2, 2013 at 5:05 pm)Zarith Wrote: I don't advocate any world.
This thread is called 'Argument from evil.' It attempts to disprove God by saying that if there is evil, no good God can exist. I just explained that evil can, and necessarily does, exist when God introduces love. So if you or anyone use this argument, you take love down with it. Love exists. Therefore, a good God has reason for allowing evil. Was I mistaken that you support the 'Argument from evil'?
