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The Problem of Evil

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Message 109 of 111 (294051)
03-10-2006 4:08 PM 		Reply to: Message 102 by AlgolagniaVolcae
03-08-2006 11:47 AM

If evil is the absence of god, how do you explain the horrible atrocities committed by Christianity in honor of god(who was obviously in their hearts and minds)?
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I can think of two ways, either:
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1)the horrible atrocities were not evil
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or:
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2)the horrible atrocities were not in god's honor
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Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence.
Letting the reigns go to the unfolding is faith, faith, faith, faith.
Science has failed our world.
Science has failed our Mother Earth.
-System of a Down
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03-10-2006 5:03 PM 		Reply to: Message 110 by AlgolagniaVolcae
03-10-2006 4:38 PM

Re: ....
Are you seriously trying to argue that many of the wars and religious persecution over the years were not in gods name?
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no...what I meant by not being in god's honor was that:
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they didn't have the official backing of god
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and for them to be not evil I meant that they did have the official backing of god and they were doing the right thing...
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I tend to agree more with the first one...although they might have claimed to be doing god's work, in realty, they were not.
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even if they didn't have the official backing of god everyone still thinks they did because that was their reason to justify it
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what everyone thinks doesn't affect whether or not god is officially backing them. why does it matter what everyone thinks?
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