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RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
March 5, 2021 at 8:11 am
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Well, with these sorts of statements, we have to be careful with our language.
If human evil exists, then human evil exists in nature.
I think that what you mean to say is that nature is not capable of evil in the way that people are alleged to be. That's a fairly common position regardless of a persons underlying position on the nature of the moral field or the state of the world as it relates to any standard of virtue or deficiency.
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RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
March 5, 2021 at 8:37 am
(March 5, 2021 at 8:07 am)Seax Wrote: (March 5, 2021 at 7:56 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Regarding the problem of evil, it strikes me that the pantheistic viewpoint is particularly cowardly. By denying both moral and natural evil, they achieve the equivalent of, 'Not my problem, brah.'
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I don't deny human evil, I deny that evil exists in nature.
So humans are not part of nature?
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RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
March 5, 2021 at 9:22 am
I've made lots of money off of "natures evils".
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
March 5, 2021 at 9:24 am
(March 5, 2021 at 9:22 am)brewer Wrote: I've made lots of money off of "natures evils".
Yeah, because you're a vile Repub.
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RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
March 5, 2021 at 9:26 am
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Snake handlers make money off of natures evils. There's money to be had in dealing with evil, on some level, because we wish to avoid it entirely. It's a moral and practical imperative, lol.
It's also why we invest those characters who handle evil in our stead with reputation or honor. A somethingness that service imparts.
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RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
March 5, 2021 at 9:29 am
(March 5, 2021 at 9:24 am)Eleven Wrote: (March 5, 2021 at 9:22 am)brewer Wrote: I've made lots of money off of "natures evils".
Yeah, because you're a vile Repub.
Nope. Think boy, you're making your money off of natures evils also. You just need to take it to the next level.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
March 5, 2021 at 9:30 am
(March 5, 2021 at 9:29 am)brewer Wrote: Nope. Think boy, you're making your money off of natures evils also. You just need to take it to the next level.
If you mean ungrateful children who can't be bothered with their parents, you might be right.
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RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
March 5, 2021 at 9:39 am
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Children are one of natures chaotic evils. We get better as adults. Lawful evil.
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RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
March 5, 2021 at 10:12 am
Wow. There was enough straw in that OP to build an army.
As to the poll:
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RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
March 5, 2021 at 10:16 am
(March 5, 2021 at 9:30 am)Eleven Wrote: (March 5, 2021 at 9:29 am)brewer Wrote: Nope. Think boy, you're making your money off of natures evils also. You just need to take it to the next level.
If you mean ungrateful children who can't be bothered with their parents, you might be right.
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