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To all christian believers
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This is a quote from Epicurus, a Greek philosopher and to me is a pretty solid theory on denial of a god or atleas, a christian god... what are your opinions?


"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?"


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I remember  that quote.
And i  fully agree.


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OLD quote, we've all heard it.

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hmm, maybe one should more on it. but i understand

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Wow.

That definatly has validity.

I have kinda had the same philosophy. If god is anti evil, then why does it exist?

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he is willing and able but he lets us make our own choices. as a whole, MOST of our troubles are caused by ourselves as people...(excluding natural disasters and whatnot, but that is not evil exactly...)

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Okay?

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dumbest quote I ever did hear

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I don't get it. Will someone explain it to me?

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Yay!

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That's a great quote. Makes a lot of sense.

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Quote: from penguinsrule at 2:51 pm on July 1, 2008

he is willing and able but he lets us make our own choices. as a whole, MOST of our troubles are caused by ourselves as people...(excluding natural disasters and whatnot, but that is not evil exactly...)

if he is willing and able to destroy evil then why not why would he let his 'children' live lives of missery because of the decisions of others? and why wouldnt he make it so we wanted to make the correct dessisions? why should we have to combat our basic human nature to look after ourseelves first and formost


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Quote: from penguinsrule at 2:51 pm on July 1, 2008

he is willing and able but he lets us make our own choices. as a whole, MOST of our troubles are caused by ourselves as people...(excluding natural disasters and whatnot, but that is not evil exactly...)
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 I agree.

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Quote: from crazy4you at 2:52 pm on July 1, 2008

I don't get it. Will someone explain it to me?

it is questioning the existence of evil in the world with the hypothesis that a god exists


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Quote: from JackieisBlue at 2:51 pm on July 1, 2008

Wow.

That definatly has validity.

I have kinda had the same philosophy. If god is anti evil, then why does it exist?


If evil didnt exist, what would be the point of him existing?

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