RE: Problem of good and evil for an atheist
August 22, 2010 at 8:46 am
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2010 at 9:05 am by fr0d0.)
I don't recognise the accusation dbp so bear no guilt. Christianity does not condone action without responsibility. If I think I understand God to be instructing me to do something I have to test that this is true.
An act of evil is already judged to be immoral, and therefore never 'good' in any way. God cannot be evil, so doing evil can never be justified as God inspired.
Just like with the scientific justification for associated mass death being a necessary by product of tectonic activity without which there would be no life on earth, humans don't get to have an easy ride. Hedonism for mankind simply isn't reality, it's how it is.
God doesn't change what happens because he wants that to happen.
An act of evil is already judged to be immoral, and therefore never 'good' in any way. God cannot be evil, so doing evil can never be justified as God inspired.
(August 22, 2010 at 8:41 am)Zen Badger Wrote:I thought I answered the question Zen.(August 22, 2010 at 8:02 am)fr0d0 Wrote: God isn't just for no reason. The model is Zen that you're created with a choice to accept or not. It's your choice that condemns you and not God. He just carries out the judgement.
Don't change tack Frodo.
If god is all knowing and all powerful why does he let things get to a point where thousands "need" to be slaughtered?
Why doesn't he deal with the situation before it gets out of hand? Since he supposedly knows beforehand what's going to happen.
Just like with the scientific justification for associated mass death being a necessary by product of tectonic activity without which there would be no life on earth, humans don't get to have an easy ride. Hedonism for mankind simply isn't reality, it's how it is.
God doesn't change what happens because he wants that to happen.
