Tuesday, November 23, 2010

No God? No problem.

One of the problems that has been a thorn in the side of most theologians is the problem of evil. They have no way to explain the existence of evil, since according to them God is benevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent. The argument itself basically points out that the very existence of evil, is contradictory to the attributes of the biblical God.

My own take on this argument is simple: when you think about the many inexplicable occurrences that we experience in life, such as death, rapes, murders, birth defects etc. It is easier to explain them when you take God out of the equation. There is for instance a perfectly scientific and sound explanation for birth defects, as opposed to trying to say that the child was born that way because it was God's way of testing the faith of the parents etc.

I call the act of trying to rationalize the existence of God, trying to make sense of nonsense. Christians remind me of that kids learning game where you have to fit certain pieces into a box with various shape cut outs. No matter how much you try you cannot fit a square piece into a circle. But by trying to rationalize the existence of their god this way, they are doing exactly that.

Ancient man was very superstitious and to this day even with all of the knowledge and understanding that we have gained about the world we live in, there are still many who refuse to let go of ancient superstitions. I personally count the existence of God or gods in general as superstitious and mythological in nature.

When you remove the concept of God out of life's troubles and hardships natural disasters, and whatever other calamity you can think of, then you can see them for what they are: natural occurrences. When you come to the realization that life is nothing more than a continuous string of random occurrences, then you will see the world with clarity.

8 comments:

  1. I agree. But does the supposed comfort factor outweigh the cognitive dissonance? Otherwise why hold on to it? I know firmly believe my search for truth outweighed my need to be comforted by a big daddy in the sky. What frustrates me now many others are not that way

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  2. Religious beliefs are both traditional and intertwined culturally. It thus makes it so much harder to break free from. Some fear Being ostracized for their lack of belief.

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  3. I would challenge the assertion that the god of the (old testament) bible is a kind and loving god. I find no problem with a god that allows evil to exist and his creation to be tortured - reminds me a child playing with ants and a magnifying glass.

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  4. And the god of the NT is argubly worse. The god of the OT loved bloody sacrifices and the odor of the burning flesh delighted him. The NT god is sending non-believers to and everlasting, unquentible fire for him to savor burning flesh forever.

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  5. I agree ex-minister the god of the NT is even more malicious and cruel than the god of the OT. The very idea of hell is repulsive to me.

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  6. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. John 3:36

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  7. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

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  8. Anonymous again with the pathetic bible quotes? You need to find a hobby or something, because posting on my blog just makes you look stupid, oh and indoctrinated.

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