(February 13, 2015 at 5:06 pm)orangebox21 Wrote: Are you arguing my recall of the account or the truth of the account?I'm trying to figure out what relevancy you believe ancient Mesopotamian myths have on the issue of your God being too powerless or apathetic to correct his mistakes while people gratuitously suffer.
(February 13, 2015 at 5:06 pm)orangebox21 Wrote: So that I can understand you, are you now changing your argument from 'cancer and disease are evil' to 'the effects of cancer and disease are evil'?How can you even conceive of the notion of evil apart from the afflictions imposed upon sentient creatures? Your question doesn't make sense.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza