Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Is God Evil?

Many people believe that inaction is morally equivalent to committing an evil yourself. If it is within your ability to help others at little to no cost to yourself, is not helping immoral? If this is true, then any supreme being that exists must be evil, as it is condoning all of the atrocities that go on in the world. The Greek philosopher Epicurus originally posited this argument:

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?”


So, is inaction morally equivalent to committing an evil act yourself? Does this mean that God is evil?

Creationisn

If God created Adam and Eve, and then they had Cain and Abel, where did the wife of Cain come from? How did they produce the human race if there were only three of them to begin with?

Death Penalty

Is is it ethical to give a child the death penalty if that child has killed an ungodly amount of people?

Pretend...

Is pretending a trait of weakness? Or an advantage?

Justified Actions

Do you think that a person with a mental disability should be punished for murdering another person? If no then does that mean that he is not a person? If so what is a person?

Materialistic Love

Why do we love objects so much? For example: If we lose our phones or iPods or laptops, we freak out because you become so attached to them, even if they are incapable of showing a person the same affection. Is it possible for humans to love each other just the same, love without being loved back?  

What If...?

What if you could see the future?

If you had the ability to see the future, how would you use this power? Could this power be used for good or evil? If you didn't like how your future looked would you change it even if it affected the people around you?