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Answer to the Problem of Evil

Emre_1974tr said:
My Turkish article translated with machine:

https://free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9611966.0

Peace
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I was bored so...


"....his world is the realm of testing, of confronting oneself, and it is also the place where some small punishments or rewards begin to be offered. And every adversity or happiness that happens in this world functions both as a test and as a way of giving the person what they deserve. ..."​

Three year old girl, raped multiple times and beheaded: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/s...ape-and-beheading-of-3-year-old-girl-in-india

What lesson was she learning, what testing was she undergoing, how did she deserve to be raped and killed?
 
Without opening the link.

1. "God works in mysterious ways.
2. "God is testing us...."
3. "It's our fault for straying from God."
 
You "test" things to get information about them.

Why would an omnipotent being that already knows everything have to test anything?
 
The problem of evil is really solved by paganism. The gods weren't omnipotent or omniscient, they were mostly just really powerful spoiled children.

The introduction of omnipotence to religion really makes it a lot harder to swallow. Well, unless you think the omnipotent god really is dick or evil. In which case, it makes sense.
 
Yeah but Paganism doesn't scale well. Sure Gods as a drunken frat house gives you more space to fit it in with imperfection, but there's a limit to how advanced you can get and still maintain "Yeah we think our Gods live on the top of a very small mountain but haven't bothered to go check yet."
 
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There is no problem of evil. Centuries of ridiculous paradoxes, even though every religion fails at the very first hurdle: Where's your silly God?
 
ahhell said:
The problem of evil is really solved by paganism. The gods weren't omnipotent or omniscient, they were mostly just really powerful spoiled children.
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This can be seen in the Old Testament in particular, where "God" is portrayed as just a very powerful man, like the writers' Greek, Egyptian, and Near Eastern neighbors portrayed the gods.

The introduction of omnipotence to religion really makes it a lot harder to swallow. Well, unless you think the omnipotent god really is dick or evil. In which case, it makes sense.
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Funny how apologetics created a whole host of new problems in their effort to make God more and more intangible.
 
Venom said:
Funny how apologetics created a whole host of new problems in their effort to make God more and more intangible.
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Every discussion with religious people always turns into that scene from Futurama:

*The Planet Express Crew are visiting the underwater city of Atlanta*

Zoidberg: My house! It burned down! How could this of happened?

Hermes: (In total confusion, looking at the burned down, smoking wreckage of Zoidberg's house. All of this, again, is happening underwater) That's a very good question!

Bender: Oh that's where I left my cigar! *Picks up a burning cigar off the burnt down wreckage, puffs on it. Again, all underwater*

Hermes: THAT JUST RAISES FURTHER QUESTIONS!
 
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Emre_1974tr said:
I answered this:

https://www.answering-christianity.com/blog/index.php?topic=3845.0
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You missed my questions:

Darat said:
Emre_1974tr said:
My Turkish article translated with machine:

https://free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9611966.0

Peace
Click to expand...

I was bored so...


"....his world is the realm of testing, of confronting oneself, and it is also the place where some small punishments or rewards begin to be offered. And every adversity or happiness that happens in this world functions both as a test and as a way of giving the person what they deserve. ..."​

Three year old girl, raped multiple times and beheaded: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/s...ape-and-beheading-of-3-year-old-girl-in-india

What lesson was she learning, what testing was she undergoing, how did she deserve to be raped and killed?
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