(December 15, 2009 at 2:31 am)tackattack Wrote:(December 14, 2009 at 8:43 pm)LEDO Wrote:What if there are 1001 homeless in a city and I tell them all to come line up and get 20 dollars. 1000 of them line up and get their money. Why am I being an asshole, because he couldn't follow simple instructions? And if we're going somewhere with this metaphor, I've told him in a language he can understand and all of the other homeless have suggested to him to line up.He simply refuses to line up.(December 14, 2009 at 4:33 am)tackattack Wrote:(December 13, 2009 at 9:53 am)LEDO Wrote: Seems to me that a God can: 1) Stop people from suffering, but does not. 2) end disease, but does not, 3) end death but does not, 4) end poverty but does not, 5) end starvation, but does not ...meets the definition of evil.
Looks like to me like the devil is God in exile. I would worship your god, if he was nicer.
Niceness is something I can't attribute to God. If man were nicer I'd have more faith in my fellow man. On your above points how does inaction = evil. If I don't help 1 homeless man but 1000 others does that make me evil? Just because he doesn't stop your suffering, your diseases, etc. doesn't mean he doesn't supply that to others. Even if the only thing I believe he's done is kickstarted our universe; that's enough for me to thank him daily.
If you have the ability to help a 1001 homeless people and single out one individual to ignore, that may not make you evil, but just an asshole to one homeless guy.
If you make the rules, you can break them so everyone gets $20....asshole.
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