This
short thread illustrates why the
Unbelievably Distilled Facebook group as a forum for rational discussion between believers and unbelievers is, in my opinion, pretty much doomed:
From
another thread: "I'd be pissed about all of the unnecessary suffering
he watched happen and did nothing..." My personal take on the
problem of evil as an imaginative exercise. God's answer: "Did nothing? I
endowed the entirety of Western Civilization with advanced medical
technology, incredible excess wealth, leisure time in abundance and
logistical ability to deliver any and all aid - food, shelter, clothing
and medical to all parts of the world within 24 hours and the free will
of everyone of my creations to choose to relentlessly and sacrificially
do good as a lifestyle choice. What do you mean I did nothing? By the
way, that hungry homeless guy with Hep C you ignored yesterday and the
'junk mail' you shredded asking for donations to build a well in an
African village was my way of asking YOU what your answer was to the
same question you asked me. Motes and beams, my son, motes and beams."
Tom Tozer Like the guy in the flood sitting on his rooftop who waves away the guy in a boat and the rescue helicopter and then ask God why he let him die. "I sent a boat and a helicopter."
Paul Leffingwell -- is starting to wonder if the "Problem of Evil" is also "The Giant Excuse to Do Nothing But Complain"