So how is a said, non-existent being, God, supposed to be the greatest source of evil?

[DaRev]

Jay520 said:

DaRev said:

Jay520 said:
Darev. Do you know the difference between

(a) creating rules against already existing bad things.

and

(b) willfully creating bad things, and then later making rules against them.

Human rulemakers represent (a). God represents (b). They are different.

There, now stop with your flawed analogies.

 

1. In response to your comment, you’re going backwards here, since I’ve already supposed that god is evil, just for argument sake of course.

2. But my contention to that is, the fact of creating something evil doesn’t mean that you yourself are evil.

3. For example, are saying that the people that created the A-bomb are evil? Is the guy that created the gun evil? What if creating that evil thing you saw it was in fact evil and decided that it shouldn’t be used for evil?

4. By the way, what is your definition of evil? Oh, and do you believe in God? Short answers, without your particular brand of BS will do please.

 

 

First of all, I never said that God was evil, or that if you create something evil, that makes you evil. I just pointed out your flawed analogies.

1. Okay the. Don't see why it matters though.

2. I can see that

3. Objects aren't evil (not sure what an "A bomb"is), as they can be used for evil or good purposes.

4. You know I don't believe in God. I would say evil describes an action that causes unnecessarily extreme suffering and pain. Or it describes a person who chooses to cause unnecessarily extreme suffering and pain. God causes unnecessarily extreme suffering and pain (babies born with aids and other diseases, natural disasters killing innocents, not giving everyone a fair opportunity to heaven, etc.). Therefore, God is evil.

Here’s what tickles my goat about you, how can you NOT believe in God, but then believe that God causes evil? How does that work – please explain?

In any event, there is nothing flawed about my analogy, and it does still apply.

1.      1. ?

2.      2. ?

3.      3. Is this your brand of BS raising its ugly head? Dude, I’m talking about the people, the creators of the thing, as oppose to the thing. Please don’t start wasting my time.

4.     4.  First, you’re right that action causes evil. Secondly, you’re right that evil also could be equated to a person that causes evil. Where you’ve made an error I think, is ASSUMING that God CAUSES evil. Again, you’re assuming that simply because God made a world where evil is possible then he must be evil as well – wrong! God causes evil no more than he causes good. Both choices are laid before us, and it is us Humans that chose to do good or evil.

I honestly think your examples of pain and suffering are rubbish. For if you assume God causes major evil, you must also assume he causes smaller evils or all evils. Therefore, you must also think e.g God caused the economic downtown that the wolrd is going through, people losing homes, jobs, etc, or maybe when you cut your finger did God cause your pain? Pain and suffering, or even evil, are simply a part of the world we live in – get use to it.

Another question for you, are you Good or are you Evil? And depending on what you are, i.e Good or Evil, how do you suppose you got that way?