I'm not an atheist but I liked this argument. How do you respond?
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God? - Epicurus
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06-29-2012, 11:34 AM #1
possibly the best atheist argument I've ever seen
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06-29-2012, 11:41 AM #9
able, but not willing...you are making a leap in logic to label that as malevolent. you are also assigning a human word/value/motive to it...Americans would say 9/11 was evil (I agree)...jihadists on the other hand, would call it a great and glorious act, and they mean it. to call something malevolent or evil is assigning our value to it. I think its easy to understand that if you do believe in God that is omniscient and omnipotent that there may be a reason in his not acting to stop evil that is beyond some value or word that we assign to his motive. and thats going on the premise that an absolute evil exists anyway.
Stern Crew
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06-29-2012, 11:48 AM #30
Oh, hey, Pascal rears his head again! This is easily one of the most BRUTALLY refuted arguments of all time. Can you guess what the refutations are?
(My favourite part is how it PRESUPPOSES an irrational, malicious deity, but that's not a refutation... although it is related to one of them)Feathered Nether Regions
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