RE: Strong Atheism - Super-omnipotence
October 31, 2013 at 7:53 pm
(This post was last modified: October 31, 2013 at 7:55 pm by Lion IRC.)
(October 31, 2013 at 6:47 pm)Cheerful Charlie Wrote:(October 31, 2013 at 5:30 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: Doesn't the existence of a moral evil prove that there is a datum against which such an evil can be compared - or even detected?
Yes. Now try this one. Is evil a metaphysical concept that could be eliminated by a truly omnipotent, super-omnipotent God?
You answered that in your own Op.
"...God could change the laws of the Universe at will to achieve his desires."
(October 31, 2013 at 6:47 pm)Cheerful Charlie Wrote: ...Would evil as a concept be allowed to exist by a truly omnibenevolent super-omnipotent God?
Obviously.
The concept either exists or it doesnt.
It exists in the same way as compass points on a map exist.
I would say its a good thing that we have a sense of moral righteousness - a moral compass with a "true North".
If God wasnt loving He would leave us to drift without a compass.
The pedophile, rapist murderer who drinks and drives and smokes in the movie cinema while talking loudly on their mobile phone would be merely "unpopular" - not evil and deserving of punishment.
