RE: What is evil and is it real?
February 2, 2010 at 7:26 pm
(January 31, 2010 at 8:07 pm)tackattack Wrote: 1) OK so it isn't within my power to help everyone, agreed. Therefore, if someone sees God as having the "power" to help those in need and doesn't a lot of atheists call him Evil. The fact is he does help everyone,
No, according to the Bible God
does not help everyone. And if you're arguing God doesn't have to help anyone then congratulations for proving atheists right, in that the Biblical portrayal of his character is indeed a complete monster. Please don't make me put up a link to 'Why Won't God Heal Amputees?' website just yet.
Quote:2) yes it is a broad and accurate assertion. You said it yourself isn't directly caused by humankind. I can find no instance of famine or disease or other calamity that isn't directly/ indirectly relatable to Man's lack of understanding, control, manipulation, deciet or misaligned focus.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by a eukaryotic protist of the genus Plasmodium. No mention of man's action and/or inaction led to this anywhere within the description.
Quote:3) While your exageration is commendable I don't think you're going to be able to fund that statement with evidence that Yahweh is responsible for the majority of human suffering. Your tense is suggestive of modern human suffering. You might convince some Jews or funamentalist OT readers of that, but I take the Bible in it's entirety.
According to Bible he sure causes a metric arseload of it, I'd like to think you're capable of doing your own research with regards to quoting the Bible, if you really claim to take the Bible in it's entirely. Shit, that was unthinkable for me even when I was a Christian, I loved the concept of God, but there were times when I always disagreed with his inhumane actions, after a long time finally woke up and I realised I was morally superior to the God in the Bible.
