I find the argument from evil to be a weak argument against God simply because of the relativity involved.
Those old enough to remember an iconic and campy action movie of the 80s where it was said "what you call Hell, he calls home" (hey, philosophy is where you find it). This tag line underscores how evil and suffering are relative and why Heaven and Hell can't possibly exist.
Today in modern civilization, we enjoy the luxury that technology provides us. Yet we take it all for granted. Those in more primitive societies knew a harsher existence but to them, it was part of life.
If Hell were real, those condemned to it would eventually, after a few hundred years, get used to being on fire all the time, their eyes would adjust to the darkness and they'd reach the acceptance stage of grief. Those in Heaven would be spoiled by the luxuries until they became used to it.
Getting back to earth, if God were to cut the evil and suffering by half, we'd adjust our sensitivity to what remained until we arrived back at a new equilibrium. No amount of reduction of evil would satisfy us.
Those old enough to remember an iconic and campy action movie of the 80s where it was said "what you call Hell, he calls home" (hey, philosophy is where you find it). This tag line underscores how evil and suffering are relative and why Heaven and Hell can't possibly exist.
Today in modern civilization, we enjoy the luxury that technology provides us. Yet we take it all for granted. Those in more primitive societies knew a harsher existence but to them, it was part of life.
If Hell were real, those condemned to it would eventually, after a few hundred years, get used to being on fire all the time, their eyes would adjust to the darkness and they'd reach the acceptance stage of grief. Those in Heaven would be spoiled by the luxuries until they became used to it.
Getting back to earth, if God were to cut the evil and suffering by half, we'd adjust our sensitivity to what remained until we arrived back at a new equilibrium. No amount of reduction of evil would satisfy us.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
