tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post4615504735608132967..comments2024-01-25T13:46:11.967-06:00Comments on The Bronze Blog: The Other Problem of EvilRyan Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14750814560493466382noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-72121755319245330482009-08-03T20:01:26.870-05:002009-08-03T20:01:26.870-05:00Good point. Most sermons will go on about god'...Good point. Most sermons will go on about god's loving grace and salvation, but every now and then there's some sort of memetic "flashover" where preachers start having a series of sermons for a few weeks about "remembering" that god is "also vengeful and jealeous", with additional justification in that their god has every right to be as vindictive as those nasty parts of the bible mention. This is the ancient idea of total ownership of one's children, which ask any christian and they won't generally buy into "owning" their kids or child abuse (there are sickening exceptions), but in the case of god, that guy apparently is going to play up that "I created you" card for all it's worth as some sad justification for it's biblical child abuse. That's all well and good for a fictional villian, except for the sad fact that, as I noted before, there are a very few christian groups that take that "role model" to heart and treat their children just as terribly. It's far more common in the middle east, but I must add that we're talking the outskirts, the "catskill" type regions there. Daily Show made it clear there's plenty of pretty rational normal people there just trying to get by and enjoy their Nintendo 64s they just got there last week.Dark Jaguarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-61659915173219194272009-08-03T10:34:14.375-05:002009-08-03T10:34:14.375-05:00Many Fundies also have a ready solution to the pro...Many Fundies also have a ready solution to the problem of evil: God is not omni-benevolent. They may not want to say it that way, but Fundie Gods are real nasty bastards.<br /><br />Therefore, as James says, the problem of evil is not really much of a reason to stop beleiving once you already do. It is interesting to watch apologists struggle under the weight of the problem, though.Valhar2000https://www.blogger.com/profile/05467019327257867276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-48237146786832332202009-08-03T06:26:22.670-05:002009-08-03T06:26:22.670-05:00"I'd be looking for the gates of Heaven a..."I'd be looking for the gates of Heaven and an army of concerned and morally upright citizens to storm them and overthrow the sadist"<br /><br />Ever read Garth Ennis' <i>Preacher</i>?Duncnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-43573740278270438222009-07-31T22:39:23.070-05:002009-07-31T22:39:23.070-05:00The other reason not to lean too heavily on the pr...The other reason not to lean too heavily on the problem of evil is that it only really applies to the Abrahamic religions. It only works if the god or gods are omnipotent, omniscient and omni-benevolent.<br /><br />The ancient Greek and Roman religions had several simple solution to the problem of evil: They could say "The gods don't always agree" or "sometimes the gods are cruel, all the more reason to stay in their good graces".James Knoreply@blogger.com