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Well, the question there would be -- what if God's idea of good is antithetical to humanity's?
I mean, when I design a computer system I don't much care for the comfort of the programs that run on it (I am supposed to care for the users of it, but eh...). Would God see humanity as end users, or as applications?
Aaaaah, but the pleasure of chocolate is fleeting. We only have small bites of it and when it's finished we feel even worse than before because it's gone. What's more, if you eat too much you get sick.
See? These are the cruel and taunting actions of a being of pure evil? Why would a perfectly good God give us these little glimpses of pleasure then snatch them cruelly away from us, just to throw the evilness and horror of the rest of the world into sharp contrast?
Sam
Last edited by sammydee; 15th June 2007 at 04:22 PM.
Well, the question there would be -- what if God's idea of good is antithetical to humanity's?
I mean, when I design a computer system I don't much care for the comfort of the programs that run on it (I am supposed to care for the users of it, but eh...). Would God see humanity as end users, or as applications?
Yes that's the question I suppose. What if God's idea of Good is amusing himself by torturing humans?
How do Christians know that God is perfectly good in the sense that he has humanity's best interests at heart?
Beer offers an excape from the evilness of the world, but it is only a temporary escape and when we come back from it we often feel ill and have a horrible hangover. The temporary escape only serves to emphasize how horrible the real world is, so total suffering is increased.
What's more if you try to use alcohol to permanently escape the world, you become and alcoholic and suffer terrible health problems.
Is beer the creation of a loving and good God? I think not! Only a being of pure evil could create a substance so vile.
Sam
[PS It should be noted that all of this is strictly tongue in cheek, I actually love beer. But I've yet to see any reason to believe God is good and not evil]
Check out Behe's latest book. He argues that God intentionally engineered malaria and other bacteria in order to make them more effective and better able to attack humans!
Maybe this isn't evil, but it sure isn't "good".
__________________ Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear.
I am told God loves me, and yet the reality of the darkness and coldness and emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul. - Mother Teresa
Aaaaah, but the pleasure of chocolate is fleeting. We only have small bites of it and when it's finished we feel even worse than before because it's gone. What's more, if you eat too much you get sick.
That's right, but really cruel would be if we couldn't eat chocolate if we once tasted it. That is a torture!
Fortunately God is not as bad an my imaginatin can get.
__________________ Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. -- Albert Einstein
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