"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 commeth evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him god?"
-Epicurus (c. 341-271 B.C.)
2007-01-11 14:16:22 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i got this from an IPU website :)
2007-01-11 14:17:01 · update #1
More vain babbling from a dead dude who has long gone on to find that his rebellion against God did not profit him at all.
2007-01-11 14:20:30 · answer #1 · answered by furiousstyles22003 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
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2016-11-23 13:13:02 · answer #2 · answered by scheiber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God's intention for us was to have a perfect paradise without sin or evil. He allowed us the freedom to choose to obey or not. When we chose not to obey, this allowed sin to come into the world. If God prevented us from having freewill, then we would be only puppets.
Those who choose to follow God, despite all of the sin in the world, and all of the people that mock us, will be rewarded with entry into a new heaven and a new earth that Jesus will rule.
2007-01-11 14:31:15 · answer #3 · answered by kyletexas_123 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Your argument turns on the supposition that evil exists as an actuality and not simply a perception of ours (based on limited understanding). I am no theist, but I also do not know how events might appear to a being who can see all ends.
2007-01-11 14:22:24 · answer #4 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I hope Epicurus spent some time studying the Torah and seeking God's face. He would have realized that God has said, "My ways are not mans ways."
2007-01-11 14:22:50 · answer #5 · answered by nancy jo 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Good example of the scientific method. In science if the theory does not match the observations then one or the other has to be wrong and we keep working on the problem.
In religion if the theory does not match the observation we mumble something about "god's plan" or how he "works in mysterious ways". It is not intended to explain. It is just bullshit.
2007-01-11 14:21:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
God created Lucifer and he DECIDED to be evil.
Some of mankind did also just as some decided to NOT be evil..
God gave us the freedom to choose.
2007-01-11 14:26:03 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
yea it took me awhile to learn this to, its called FREE WILL a very dangerous gift given to man, its not God allowing a child to be abused its the free will of the man abusing, part of the reason people start believing hell is really life on earth and then hopefully we get to leave and go to heaven after this crap
2007-01-11 14:20:46 · answer #8 · answered by KIMBUR 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Could be god is just dreaming us and we "believe" we are real and "believe" there is good & bad.
2007-01-11 14:25:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's been posted here before, but it's still a good quote. I suspect most of the Fundies won't even read it past the first sentence before giving you a thumbs down.
Edit : Boy, did I ever call that one right. ;) I think they're getting predictable.
2007-01-11 14:19:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 6⤋