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To: WebFocus

Another interesting thing is to ask a liberal atheist why he does not believe in G-d. He will tell you that it’s because there is evil, or suffering, or bad in the world, so HOW COULD THERE BE A G-D??? There could not be a G-d because children die. Etc.

Think of how stupid that is. There cannot be an omnipresent omnipowerful Creator because obviously He is not Santa Claus??? Or a magical fairy who does everything you wish??

What kind of argument is that? A human father is benevolent; no one loves his child more than he. And yet even a Dad cannot save his son from that car accident, or cancer. A Divine Creator has obviously created a very complex universe. Just because we are not sappily happy all the time is no reason to say that WE are the most powerful forces in this universe, that there could be no loving creator at all.


42 posted on 11/27/2010 7:05:48 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle
A human father is benevolent; no one loves his child more than he. And yet even a Dad cannot save his son from that car accident, or cancer.

They would just say, that's because Dad is not omnipotent, as God is supposed to be. They are cocksure that they would run the universe differently if they were omnipotent.

Which amounts to their assuming that they are already omniscient.

I sometimes ask kids, "Is there anything that God cannot do?" They usually answer, "NO!" But the answer is, there are lots of things God cannot do. The Bible says "there is nothing too hard for God", but it also tells us that He cannot lie, and He does not violate His nature, nor ours. He does not force Himself on the unwilling, and he respects their choices.

Which is one reason why there is so much evil around. God could very well wipe it all out, and eventually He will, but it's not a quick fix.

43 posted on 11/27/2010 9:18:09 PM PST by thulldud (Is it "alter or abolish" time yet?)
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