tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907877137113195177.post4976010395358404012..comments2023-10-25T01:55:08.148-07:00Comments on Skeptical Studies: Thoughts on the Problem of Evil, cross-posted from the Tweb message boardDarrinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757150483103267411noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907877137113195177.post-79205505527488270352009-02-17T09:50:00.000-08:002009-02-17T09:50:00.000-08:00The existence of so much pain and misery does not ...The existence of so much pain and misery does not prove there is no creator, but it does prove there is no omnipotent, perfect creator watching out for us. If god exists he must be unable to stop needless suffering, unwilling, or both, but he cannot be both omnipotent and all good and create a world with things like smallpox in it, and allow diseases and tragedies and natural disasters to thrive. Also the idea of a perfect god creating an imperfect world makes little sense.<BR/><BR/>No, if there is a "god" then it is not the god we imagine, it is a being more like us that creates the universe the way we would, as a science experiment. He/she/it/they would light a fuse and run away, so to speak. The idea of a god that lovingly designed the bubonic plague just doesn't make sense, and is actually a kind of horrible idea.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525309756904022641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907877137113195177.post-53342284054003688202009-01-30T08:12:00.000-08:002009-01-30T08:12:00.000-08:00any comments on soul-building?any comments on soul-building?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com