I think the Problem of Evil actually makes sense when you consider eternity and infinity. The infinity that God is and Eternity that Heaven is, earthly sufferings really will be seen to be nothing. You probably don’t worry about that exam anymore that you were studying for as a kid.
That’s moral relativism to a T. The evil perpetrated by God on humans via unnecessary pain, disease, and death is relatively moral given the vastness of eternity. Basically you’re saying it’s ok for god to create little playthings to torture because it lives a long time. I disagree.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Evil isn’t perpetuated by God, though. Evil is perpetuated by us.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Perpetuate - “make something continue indefinitely”
So we perpetuate it, but who created it? Who made us with the ability to perpetuate evil? Who decided what is and isn’t evil? Why do only give god credit for the good stuff when you believe it made everything in the universe? You have to count the bad stuff too or it’s not really god.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 month ago
We have free will. Satan brought evil into the world. God will destroy Satan, but first, He’s proving Satan wrong that humans aren’t unworthy.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Who made Satan? And why would God knowingly enter into a bargain over the souls he created with the embodiment of evil? Why does the most powerful being ever conceived need to prove anything to anyone? Much less someone he created.