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Thursday, June 19 2008: Theodicy

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Posted by: beowulf

I was killing time in the library earlier in the week and did a catalog search on theodicy. There were 19 books listed under that subject and all of them were Christian apologies confronting the problem of evil. This would suggest that Christian theologians are aware that the problem of evil is one of the top 3 most potent arguments against the existence of their hypothesized god and yet they persist in believing anyway - not just believing but writing and publishing apologies intended to convince others to continue believing.

This is baffling.

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beowulf wrote:

The #4 most potent argument against the existence of the Christian god is, of course, the "dude, seriously...!?" argument or as I like to call it the argument from "look, I don't believe in Santa Claus either".

Thursday, June 19 2008 01:52:03

mustafa wrote:

My good friend "N" who went on to become a pastor and I have been having theodiotic email correspondence of late. He's yet to address the problem of evil, even though I've put in all of my (probably 8-10) emails thus far.

I also bow to the fact that there may be a "god" or "supreme being," but there's not way to "proove" that the xian one is The One. In fact, assuming the initial if, the 2nd if is still a HUGE IF.

Meh.

Thus Spake Zarthurtra

Thursday, June 19 2008 09:39:35

beowulf wrote:

I suppose it's possible there's a tooth fairy, too.

Monday, June 23 2008 10:15:26

beowulf wrote:

As your well aware, N has never addressed the problem of evil because there is no way to get around it. The existence of evil in the world is inconsistent with the advertised omnipotent, omniscient, benevolent deity. The funny thing is there is a biblical "out". In the Book of Job it is clear that YHWH is not benevolent but rather is a sadist (as if this weren't a natural conclusion based on the concept of hell).

Monday, June 23 2008 14:19:32

Dan wrote:

"Come worship our God of Hate" isn't good for bringing in new converts, though.

Every once in a while I get pissy at a "sign holder" here in Eugene for his "Jesus Loves You" sign. He's ALWAYS on campus by the P.O.

An "oh, he does, does he?" is in order. I usually don't have time to debate a "jesus freak," though... he's totally hanging around from the 60s... glazed eyes and everything.

~D

Monday, June 23 2008 15:49:20

Thursday, June 19 2008: Theodicy

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