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[Mummelmann]

kevin the wiiite said:

Mummelmann said:

kevin the wiiite said:

Link to Wikipedia article on josephus' writings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiquities_of_the_Jews

The problem you're pointing out is that we don't know if God didn't put a lot of things on earth to tempt us not to believe in him.  For instance, He very well may have put a ton of million year old fossils on the earth when he created it and put all of the light waves in place for all the stars so that as far as we know they are that old.

That would be a dick move by a supposed benevolent and good God. Celestial Entrapment, anyone? That would make him no better than the snake in the garden of Eden.

Reminds me of one of my favourite quotes on the subject;

“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 cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?”

The problem with that is the assumption that because God allows evil he himself is.  The Incredibles is a great movie describing a similar issue.  If everyone is a superhero, then nobody is.  In turn, if everyone always did good, then your actions would be relatively neutral.  God therefore allows evil to give good its proper context.  What is faith without temptation?  nothing.

And yes, apart from the occasional cold I do sleep quite well at night.  Better than the occasional nag in my subconscious, "but what if I'm wrong?  Does that mean I'm going to burn in hell for eternity?"  I don't know how anyone can live with that.

And according to the theory of infinite universes there would be some in which there is hell and some in which there is not, a 50/50 chance to burn for all you quantum physicists out there.

You think you sleep better than me?

My conviction is as strong as yours and I have no doubts or occassional nags at all. Speaking of which, I'm going to sleep now, have to be up in five hours!