Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.~God is supposedly all-good (omnibenevolent, loving), and God is supposedly all-powerful (omnipotent). But there exists evil, pain, and suffering in this world to a tremendous degree. Therefore, if God truly cares about this, He must not be capable of stopping it, and is not really so powerful. On the other hand, if God is powerful enough to stop it, then He obviously doesn’t care enough to do so, and is not really so loving. Either way, God is far too defective to deserve our worship, if He even exists.
~If my children are about to be harmed, the only thing that would keep me from preventing that suffering would be being restrained by several extremely strong men.
~Disease, natural disasters, man-made evil, and the patent injustice of virtuous people suffering while vicious people prosper.
Bible References: Phil 3:7-21
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"The paradox of the Cross of Christ is the answer to all of the pained questionings of the human heart. The bottom line: God permits evil only to draw a greater good from it." -Fr. John Corapi (from Steve in Gilbert)
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