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Subject:	Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 27 Oct 2003 19:28:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:

This sends us back to the problem that you can’t assert with any confidence that God truly is good; you can only say that you deeply believe that he’s good based on that small portion of Him that you believe yourself to have perceived.

Did you think the usual proof was to trite?

The Problem of Evil

A good God would destroy evil.
An all powerful God could destroy evil.
Evil exists and is not destroyed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Therefore, there cannot possibly be such a good and all powerful God.

-- Hop-Frog

Message has 2 Replies:

		Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
(...) I like that proof just fine, but when I've presented it here before (in prior discussions) it's usually been dismissed off-handedly in terms of "His mysterious purpose" or the like. For variety's sake, I thought that I'd try this perfect = (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

		Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
(...) Ultimately evil will be destroyed. Is this a temporal issue? God allows evil only because God respects our free will. People choose evil. (...) Yes. (...) Again, because God respects free will. (...) No. JOHN (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
(...) Well, the chain works like this: To "want" something (such as fellowship), is to imply a lack of that thing (or a desire to prevent the negation/removal of that thing). A being who lacks something is incomplete, and incompleteness indicates (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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