I am not new to atheism, but am new here. This is my third post and I also posted in the Religion and Other Religion sections. I am a Baha'i who sees no evidence for the existence of a God or gods, hence a nontheist Baha'i. I also see evidence in the Baha'i writings justifying my position, hence why I am a Baha'i. You can find my justifications and logic in my blog if you search in Google for "nontheist Bahai".
Why am I here? To meet you and to sharpen my logic and reason.
One thing that recently snagged me a bit was theodicy. This is I feel the strongest argument for the existence of God. If evil exists so the human soul can develop, why would a religious person not commit evil to help others advance? Why reduce other's people pain if pain is "good"? An answer may be that doing good is the duty of humans, but it is God who does "evil". But why doesn't this mean that God is evil? Perhaps because all evil helps the humans to grow spiritually. .... This just seems pretty strong to me.
Any other criticisms against theodicy I haven't thought of?
Why am I here? To meet you and to sharpen my logic and reason.
One thing that recently snagged me a bit was theodicy. This is I feel the strongest argument for the existence of God. If evil exists so the human soul can develop, why would a religious person not commit evil to help others advance? Why reduce other's people pain if pain is "good"? An answer may be that doing good is the duty of humans, but it is God who does "evil". But why doesn't this mean that God is evil? Perhaps because all evil helps the humans to grow spiritually. .... This just seems pretty strong to me.
Any other criticisms against theodicy I haven't thought of?
