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Comment by OJB on 2006-07-17 at 22:37:03:

The trick some believers invoke to get around this problem is by using the subjective nature of the word "good". Since different people see good as meaning different things its possible to say that a god who is responsible for everything (being omniscient and omnipotent) can still be good even when he allows children to die of cancer, allows thousands of innocents to die in natural disasters, etc. In my opinion this just doesn't add up. If any person acted that way we would never say they were good, so why can god get away with it.

Another trick is to say god is good but we just can't understand the way he works. This is just a classic plea to ignorance and doesn't count for much. While its reasonable to say we probably couldn't fully understand god, we should at least be able to manage something as basic as this.

Comment by Anonymous on 2007-03-13 at 13:31:22:

I just read your blog about what you have as a religion. You asked if the world was a good place, well it isn't. Its a sin filled world and God is in heaven waiting for us to except [sic] him into our hearts. You ask if God is 'good'. Well, God is loving enough to send his only son (Jesus) down to deliver us from sin. I would think he is a GREAT God.

You say a loving God wouldn't kill children with cancer, illness, etc... But its Adam and Eve (check Genesis) that has caused it to be allowed in our world. You often skip over the topic of Satan in our world. Is he not the outcast of heaven that tried to think he was better than God? He is also watching us for any trip in our walk with God, he's the definition of evil. You often skip him in the topic of religion. No disrespect, but im just stating my point.

Comment by OJB on 2007-03-13 at 15:31:46:

So you think its OK for god to mercilessly torture innocent kids because of a single (alleged) mistake someone made thousands of years ago? He doesn't sound like a very nice god to me!

And if Satan exists (which he obviously doesn't) why does god let him do these evil things? Is god not omnipotent - is Satan too powerful for him? Why does god let Satan do so many evil things to his creation (humans). The whole thing just makes no sense. Its clearly a myth.

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