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To: Brumar89 who wrote (31739)	12/12/2012 4:04:56 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 69300

"Confessing that there is evil in the world implies that there's a source of goodness" It does not imply a supernatural source. Of course there are billions of sources of good and evil. DUH! That is why we have police and jails; and that is why we have awards, medals, promotions, and parades, marriages, and children, and VOLUNTEERS! Try to follow the argument instead of going down the Desolation Row of your imagination. Deal with real questions by referencing real things.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (31739)	12/12/2012 5:17:46 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

trilemna fails in the very first line, btw.---> “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? This statement does not fail, you admit to the world being a spinning sphere as a fact , you'll also have to admit it the larger the world of men has become so proportionately has the so called "evil" with it, shear statistics , therefore this statement of God being unwilling to prevent evil is undeniably true. Confessing that there is evil in the world implies that there's a source of goodness , if there's no God, there's no evil in the world Well thats just a lot of rhetorical nonsense you're spouting , which "God" & whos Diety are you referring to again now? there's 1Bil Hindus , Muslims & Buddhists and even 1Bil Atheists , as you see they do not all quite agree. Which , btw, was another question you side stepped....

To: Brumar89 who wrote (31739)	12/12/2012 5:25:32 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

No such thing as good or evil at all. Well the Egyptian who was hit by the plagues of the Jewish Jahweh might be "good" for you & your believing kind but was a total bummer for the Egyptians but you think by some vague referencing to "Gods Plan" you make it a good thing would not appear as rather arbitrary thinking to the Egyptian? No wonder they got a Prophet of their own & started their own religions ... lol don't be stupid ...

To: Brumar89 who wrote (31739)	12/12/2012 5:33:49 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Of course Good & Evil exist in the world , men create & destroy these rules of what is acceptable or not all the time. And these laws & codes evolve with the growth & specialization of a culture & society thru time. There are rules of good & bad for the sailors at sea , for the men who build the ships , those who cut the wood , drive the caravans, for the householder/farmers , businessmen or the men-at-arms in War, the writers , poets , playwrights, tax collectors, even politicians have rules but one never changes ---> always lie! And many cultures & societies have encountered one another thru trade, migrations & war , always taken more than just goods/ services but adopted in the exchanges many POV's, Arts, Beliefs , Motifs , Skills , Languages & learning which we have seen grow exponentially with globalization. (You might be an American and feel good thinking AAPL is a US corproration but 65% of its earnings is kept abroad as most of its manufacturing, that it is a US corporation is like the question of good & evil, always must be redefined.)