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The Problem of Evil Atheism

Cornelius Hunter
April 18, 2010
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From antiquity to today, the evil in the world has always been a powerful mandate for evolutionary thinking. God would not have designed or created this evil world, so it must have originated by the blind play of natural law. For centuries this solution has fueled atheism, but from where did evil-ness come?  Read more
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Phaedros wrote:
As you say, how can they even show that there is such a thing as evil and then how does one deal with evil if it is recognized that there is such a thing.
You don't have to accept the existence of objective evil in order to press the case against the existence of the Christian God. It's enough to show that he is evil by Christianity's own standards. Seversky's examples do this in spades. It amazes me that anyone finds such a God worthy of worship.pelagius
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What do you mean by 'evil'? I would consider acts such as slaughtering an entire population of enemies except for virgin girls who are distributed amongst your soldiers as concubines to be evil. I would consider kidnapping the women of another tribe to provide wives for your men when there is a shortage of your own women to be evil. I would consider drowning almost the entire population of Earth, save for a few chosen ones, to be evil. Christians apparently do not. Which is why I asked the question at the beginning of this post. Which is why I find it deeply offensive when some so-called Christians presume to tell me I am not and cannot be ethical when they and their God endorse acts such the above.Seversky
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The "problem" of evil, as far as I can tell, is the only basis for atheism in the first place and even then it is a problem for it. As you say, how can they even show that there is such a thing as evil and then how does one deal with evil if it is recognized that there is such a thing.Phaedros
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