Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.............
Just found something *highly* intruiging that I feel the need to pass on. Once again, cribbed from wikipedia here (if you want a little more!), I should really consult some other sources at some point....
"Maltheists go even further than the Gnostics, in a sense, by saying that God simply is evil himself. To them, the problem of evil is not a problem at all, and is neatly resolved by acknowledging that an omnipotent benevolent God would not create a world in which there was evil, concluding that God, assuming he exists, is either not omnipotent, not benevolent, or perhaps both. (They frequently add that if God is not omnipotent but claims that he is, he is thus lying, and consequently is also justifiably deemed evil in nature.)"
I can see the logic in this argument, yet it must have upset a lot of orthodox people!
"Maltheists go even further than the Gnostics, in a sense, by saying that God simply is evil himself. To them, the problem of evil is not a problem at all, and is neatly resolved by acknowledging that an omnipotent benevolent God would not create a world in which there was evil, concluding that God, assuming he exists, is either not omnipotent, not benevolent, or perhaps both. (They frequently add that if God is not omnipotent but claims that he is, he is thus lying, and consequently is also justifiably deemed evil in nature.)"
I can see the logic in this argument, yet it must have upset a lot of orthodox people!
posted by J at 12:15 PM
1 Comments:
This view is not dissimilar from my own. There may be a God. But he is clearly either not omnipotent or not benevolent or both. This truth strikes me as self-evident. The universe we live in, and especially our bit of it, is clearly not the product of benevolent genius. If there is a God, he's just a bit crap, really.
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