“Another Problem of Evil Issue”
Twenty quatloos that you don’t understand the Problem of Evil. I mean, right from the start, i guess.
“Many atheists love to believe they are superior beings.”
Okay. You guys think we’re all sinners and deserve infinite, unending, unparalleled torture for being born. I don’t. I hold all of humanity in higher esteem than most apologists do, but go ahead and pretend that’s my problem.
“ They think they're superior to Christians who believe in a God that permits all sorts of evil to happen in this world.”
No, i think the argument for an omnibenevolent god crashes instantly on the fact of any human suffering.
“For a case in point, there was a posting in a Facebook discussion group that was a graphic that had text that read:
You either have a God who sends child rapists to rape children or you have a God who simply watches and says: "When you're done I'm going to punish you".”
Yes, and?
“If I could stop a person from raping a child, I would. That's the difference between me and your God.”
Yes… And this offends you…why?
“The quote was attributed to Tracie Harris, from The Atheist Experience. Searching the net it looks like The Atheist Experience is an internet TV show. So Tracie Harris believes she is superior to the God of the Bible. (Of course she doesn't even believe in the God of the Bible, she just wants to embarrass Christians who do believe in the God of the Bible.)”
I don’t have to believe in Darth Vader to think that My Morality is superior to him as he’s portrayed in any of the movies.
“Atheists always inspire me and this case was no exception. So I posted a reply.”
Oh, yay. You’re inspired!
"So you want God to intervene to stop children from being raped?”
You DON’T?
“Would you like God to intervene to stop you from speeding on the highways? (Because speeding kills!)”
Yep. You owe me twenty quatloos.
It’s not that I WANT God to violate everyone’s free will,I just cannot see away that the god who was described to me when I was a child can possibly be real in the world around me.
Children being shot in Gaza disproves your all-loving God.
“Would you like God to intervene to stop you from lying? (Because lies hurt people too!)”
If he did, I might have to believe in him. But mostly what I run into are a bunch of fucking apologists who go to great lengths to explain why the most loving and supreme being in the universe does FUCK ALL to alleviate or prevent suffering.
I mean, for every Harlequin Baby that’s born, he COULD have just spoiled the mood 9 months earlier. A phone call, the cat gets out, the car tire explodes…
But, no. Nothing. Just stands by.
MIGHT be a deist god, but that’s a different argument.