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Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil

Poll: If There Were a God, Would You be Angry with Him?
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No.
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Yes, but only for not intervening against human evil.
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Yes, because I believe natural evil exists & it ought not to.
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None of the above, I would only be angry if this God upheld the immoral proscriptions of the Old Testament.
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Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
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#81
RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
March 16, 2021 at 9:02 am
If both a theist and an atheist are in a dark room, conversing with one another, the theist will always imagine something there that isn't.
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RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
April 5, 2021 at 1:32 pm
Anger of God can come from only one place. a system of right and wrong that some how supersedes God's right and wrong/righteousness. Because God can do no wrong and if he is indeed with in his own principles of right and wrong there is nothing to be mad at unless you admit you are just plane evil. Which is why there is a need for another system that judges God wrong, and you right. that way you can be in the right and be angry of those who do not prescribe to your idea of right. 

the bible identifies this form of righteousness as self righteousness. in fact self righteousness is no righteousness at all rather little more than the emperor's new cloths. Cloths/righteousness on 'smart/educated' people can see.
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#83
RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
April 5, 2021 at 3:02 pm (This post was last modified: April 5, 2021 at 3:07 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I guess that's yet another thing that supersedes your ridiculous god. Just how many things is the high god el under, anyway?

Incompetent in the face of biology, incompetent in the face of physics, incompetent in the face of logic, incompetent in the face of human moral agency. Remind me again, what can it do, what does it set?
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#84
RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
April 5, 2021 at 9:20 pm
(April 5, 2021 at 1:32 pm)Drich Wrote:


Absurd.
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#85
RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
April 7, 2021 at 3:24 pm
(April 5, 2021 at 9:20 pm)Eleven Wrote:
(April 5, 2021 at 1:32 pm)Drich Wrote:


Absurd.
how so can you elaborate? can you do so point by point? break down each sentence and demonstrate how the precepts provided do not work
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RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
April 7, 2021 at 3:33 pm
Our very own harold camping asking for an itemized list of his absurdities.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#87
RE: Atheism, Gnosticism & the Problem of Evil
April 7, 2021 at 9:25 pm
(April 7, 2021 at 3:24 pm)Drich Wrote:
(April 5, 2021 at 9:20 pm)Eleven Wrote: Absurd.
how so can you elaborate? can you do so point by point? break down each sentence and demonstrate how the precepts provided do not work

From the very first letter to the very last punctuation mark, it all amounts to folly.
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