RE: Benevolent Creator God?
July 30, 2021 at 12:12 pm
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2021 at 12:23 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The point of the problem of evil is not that no one can imagine the divine purpose of suffering- soul forges gotta soul forge - but that the advocate is positively asserting that there is no acceptable divine purpose of suffering under the constellation of attributes omni-man is asserted to have. That there is nothing that suffering could accomplish that an omnipotent and omnibenevolent god could only accomplish one way, that specific way, that specifically malevolent way. Asserting that there is, is just telling a person all of the things this omni god can't do, doesnt want to do, or wont do.
You may believe that it is somehow worth it, Neo - but thats a difference of opinion, not a demonstration of any logical issue with the line of questioning, claim, or conclusions which might follow. If it were me, I'd focus on how I thought the claim was wrong, not declare the issue a non-starter. It actually is a pretty odd state of affairs, something worth clarifying. We wonder as much entirely apart from any beliefs in a god - ala what is the point of suffering in an animal -at all-? It's unclear that it serves any necessary function. We might contend that it modifies behavior - but that's an inefficient and circuitous route considering that we can effect the same behaviors without any need to add suffering. Our biology inflicts it upon us nevertheless, playing the part of god in a godless equivalence.
You may believe that it is somehow worth it, Neo - but thats a difference of opinion, not a demonstration of any logical issue with the line of questioning, claim, or conclusions which might follow. If it were me, I'd focus on how I thought the claim was wrong, not declare the issue a non-starter. It actually is a pretty odd state of affairs, something worth clarifying. We wonder as much entirely apart from any beliefs in a god - ala what is the point of suffering in an animal -at all-? It's unclear that it serves any necessary function. We might contend that it modifies behavior - but that's an inefficient and circuitous route considering that we can effect the same behaviors without any need to add suffering. Our biology inflicts it upon us nevertheless, playing the part of god in a godless equivalence.
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