Answer by SystemTheory for Does the Problem of Evil address God's existence...
The problem of evil and attributes of God are inherent in human psychology. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, describes himself as a godless Jew. Technically the God of the Jews and the...
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This hits at the heart of why some people are religious. If you ask a believer why they believe in and pray to their God, they're likely to use some form of statement 1 as the answer.So in order for...
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There are infinitely many conceivable gods, with infinitely many conceivable sets of traits. There may, for example, be a god of dessert, who interacts with reality purely to make dessert tasty, and is...
View ArticleAnswer by Ludwig V for Does the Problem of Evil address God's existence or...
You make a good point here. The most that one can conclude from this argument is that there cannot be a God who is both all-powerful and benevolent. That doesn't rule out a God who is not both...
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The five-step argument you cite at the start of your elaborate post was intended to show that an all-powerful and all-benevolent God could not exist. If you accepted it, you could still assume God...
View ArticleDoes the Problem of Evil address God's existence or his character?
The Problem of Evil, as most of us know, can be stated like this:God is the all-powerful and all-benevolent creator of the universe.Evil exists in that universe.If God is all-powerful, and yet evil...
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You wrote "The argument is sound provided that you accept its definition of God." But I disagree: You are making other assumptions that you did not define anywhere but simply assume are true for your...
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God is all powerfulIf God is all powerful, he must be able to beat anyone and anythingThen God must be able to defeat himself.God cannot defeat himself, therefore he is not all powerful.Do we want to...
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You wrote the following statements:God is the all-powerful and all-benevolent creator of the universe.Evil exists in that universe.If God is all-powerful, and yet evil exists, God must not be...
View ArticleAnswer by Paul McCarthy for Does the Problem of Evil address God's existence...
All-powerful is just a phrase!Any being with a lot of power can be described as all-powerful. e.g. Putin has been described as all-powerful, he's just a weak man.All-powerful does not mean unlimited...
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I think it is more about the character: many dictators have been worshiped in the past up to degree it may be possible to say that was a religion. They were very far from great. Humans simply assume at...
View ArticleAnswer by AnoE for Does the Problem of Evil address God's existence or his...
We are in Philosophy.SE here, not in Religion.SE or Christianity.SE. So the best we can do is use what tools Philosophy offers and try to tackle the issue purely on a formal level.In this case this...
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