RE: Atheist arguments and the morality of God.
April 5, 2014 at 4:41 pm
(This post was last modified: April 5, 2014 at 4:42 pm by coldwx.)
(April 5, 2014 at 4:25 pm)alpha male Wrote:(April 5, 2014 at 4:07 pm)MindForgedManacle Wrote: I agree there are weak arguments some atheists put forward that annoy me. However, the Epicurean Paradox is not one of them. It calls into question the way the world is compared to how it should be if a perfect being exists. In other words, it attempts to demonstrate a contradiction in a certain worldview, which is hardly a bad argument style.
It calls into question the way the world is compared to the way it should be if the vision of a perfect being assumed by some imperfect beings exists.
Somewhat semantic I think. Am I to assume you are appealing to some form of greater good? I do understand the appeal of this but reject it for numerous reasons. I am sure you are aware of the inherent problem in this line of reasoning, as what now is our duty to prevent evil if it is part of some divine plan? We also start down the road of questioning free will in that if god has a greater good, then he has a plan, then we necessarily don't have free will, etc ...simplistic but I think you get the point.
