(February 18, 2010 at 2:16 pm)objectivitees Wrote: It's also self-contradictory when they say god does not exist because he'd have to be evil. And that sir, is what Atheists do when they use the argument from evil.The argument from evil doesn't say such things at all. The argument from evil (also known as the "problem of evil") posits that an omnipotent god is responsible for evil in the universe, thus if he did exist, he would be held accountable for this, and concludes that there isn't a good reason to worship such a being.
In short, it has nothing to do with God's existence.
Epicurus Wrote:Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
See? Nothing about existence, everything about attributes. Unless this is some other argument from evil that exists and is as so far unheard of by myself.