(December 16, 2009 at 4:42 pm)tackattack Wrote: could you please be more specific on the problem of evil?
Sure.
As David Hume, (paraphrasing Epicurus) Wrote:"Is He willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then He is impotent. Is He able, but not willing? Then He is malevolent. Is He both able and willing? Whence then is evil?"Source: http://wiki.ironchariots.org/index.php?t...em_of_evil
The wiki article delves into the discussion more deeply.
In essence, Christians make certain claims about God, that he is all powerful, all good, all knowing, etc... But then you get into issues, well why does suffering exist? Why does evil exist? There are many reasons I have been given, free will, preparation for heaven, the devil did it. None of these satisfactorily answer it for me.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin
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