The Riddle of Epicurus"
By prasadr
@prasadr (872)
India
January 7, 2007 1:34am CST
Let us discuss about the The Riddle of Epicurus.
"If God is willing to prevent evil, but is not able to
Then He is not omnipotent.
If He is able, but not willing
Then He is malevolent.
If He is both able and willing
Then whence cometh evil?If He is neither able nor willing
Then why call Him God? "Some times u may hearing t for the first time. but how does u think?
1 response
@oceangirl (170)
• United States
7 Jan 07
Accept the conclusion. God/The Gods are not all-good. They're not malevolent either. They're everything -- they just ARE.
Christians and some other "book religions" with a singular all powerful, all knowing, and all GOOD God to worship are dogged by this problem all the time.
The "argument from evil" is a good argument. Any theodicy to defend God from its conclusion would have to PROVE that ALL evil, every single bit of suffering ever endured, is totally necessary. That's can't be done. So, IMHO, the argument stands.
