Posted: Apr 18, 2015 9:38 am
bob.davis wrote:Maybe as intriguing question as "why does evil exist if there is a God?" might be "why does good exists if there is not a God?"
Why not?
You're begging the question that one requires the other.
bob.davis wrote: To put it another way. Is it any more intellectually honest to trust there is no God since evil exists,
It isn't a matter of trust, but fact.
If an omnipotent and benevolent god exists, there would be no evil, as such a god would not want to hurt people and would have the power to stop and remove evil.
bob.davis wrote: If God is willing and able to produce good, than that being is benevolent.
If that god is able to remove evil, he's malovelent.
bob.davis wrote:Rather than being malevolent if God is able, but not willing to stop evil, God might be labeled slow to anger or slow to exterminate the cause of human suffering (other humans). Certainly, human history is allowed its tragedy and ambiguity.
Bollocks.