A VITAL distinction in the Problem of Evil

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[Iverath]

Could a person worshiping a non-existent god not say the same thing?

Why do ALL religions share one thing in common: an invisible god that does nothing detectable. Oh, and it always needs humans to tell us how to behave.

Does this not seem very suspicious to Christians?

[joshuaharvey]

“The world, we are told, was created by a God who is both good and omnipotent. Before He created the world He foresaw all the pain and misery that it would contain; He is therefore responsible for all of it. It is useless to argue that the pain in the world is due to sin. In the first place, this is not true; it is not sin that causes rivers to overflow their banks or volcanoes to erupt. But even if it were true, it would make no difference. If I were going to beget a child knowing that the child was going to be a homicidal maniac, I should be responsible for his crimes. If God knew in advance the sins of which man would be guilty, He was clearly responsible for all the consequences of those sins when He decided to create man.” -Bertrand Russell

[aspenhardware]

Nonsense
This is called a Post Hoc Rationalization.

[jamesoncross]

Natural disasters aren't evil. They're "natural" disasters. With that being said, there are 2 very different thoughts in regards to how we as Christians explain the existence of evil. CS Lewis has a book called The Problem of Pain that addresses this. I would tell you evil exists because humans exist. We're the ones that do evil things. No one can deny that. The existence of evil doesn't conflict with the existence of God, if anything, it reveals Him. If we acknowledge that evil exists then good/holiness must exist as well. Where does our standard of good and evil come from? If there's no Higher Power moral standard, then it's something we've created. However, no one will deny what Hitler or others did was evil. Evil, in and of itself, conflicts with God, but not the existence of God. Why? Because God allows people to make their own decisions. Your freedom to believe or not to believe is God's will. Your freedom to do good or evil is God's will. Ultimately, His will is that your works are good and not evil, but He gave you that freedom. A loving God allows you to have freedom. A Holy and Just God will one day judge that evil. Mere Christianity is a great book by CS Lewis as well. It addresses this logic better than I did. Even if you don't believe, it's a very interesting read.