Problem of Evil -- the Greek take
Just realized today that some people don't realize how ancient this debate is:
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
-Epicurus, philosopher (c. 341-270
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
-Epicurus, philosopher (c. 341-270
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Second, of course moral outrage has a basis -- it has emotional outrage as its basis! [...] Something isn't morally wrong just because someone says so or because it's written in some book; in order get moral purchase there must be an emotional component that compels one. Of course, religions employ fear as the emotion, displacing the emotions of empathy that divide healthy humans from sociopaths.
I don't completely agree with this, but it's food for thought.
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