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What's your point?
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You brought up " the definition of power, but the way in which power is used", to which I explained that all powerful speaks to ability, but not use. They are separate.
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I don't care where god falls in the parable of the good Samaritan. As far as I can tell, jesus was only concerned with the behavior of humans.
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Which is why he never sinned! Wait...
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Which religion's axioms are you using?
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Most places where evil is mentioned in the Bible present an axiom regarding evil. It creates a construct in which evil is real and has definite meaning. 00
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I'm still waiting for the bible verses where god claims that the not allowing evil to happen is part of its plan.
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I already explained this is moot. His "plan" is irrelevant.
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A hypothetical god might subscribe to the idea that life can't exist in any meaningful way without pain and suffering. I don't know. It doesn't take a lot of imagination to think of other possibilities for a hypothetical god's inaction in light of the existence of things you find distasteful. In any case, one might expect that any hypothetical being who held absolute control over the afterlife might not be too concerned with and destruction.
Really, though, this is stupid. Belief in god isn't a mathematical proof, attempting to treat it as such isn't necessarily all that revelatory. For some folks it's no more deep than the realization that rebellion is just, like, conforming to anti-conformity, dude.
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Precisely. Belief in god is not rational nor logical. It is an act of indefensible and unreasonable faith...
(Edit)... and there's nothing wrong with that. If you want to believe in god, please go right ahead. Just don't force it on other people. And if you do, don't be surprised if I try to convert you to Islam out of spite.