Random question on God

If I were religiously inclined, I might bring up that God caused (because, let's be honest, if he's all-powerful he's responsible through action or inaction for everything) the holocaust, which was undeniably evil, but that its occurrence led to the establishment of the Jewish settlement in Israel, which if I remember my whacko-nutjob-christianism properly is necessary for the second coming of Jesus, which is good.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Capo

How the hell did god cause the holocaust?

As I said earlier: If he's truly omnipotent, then free will is an illusion and it's directly his fault. If you don't want to deal with THAT little thing, someone powerful enough to flood the planet is certainly powerful enough to shut down a few concentration camps, and thus God is responsible through inaction.

How ya doing, buddy?

Then why can't all these fucking televangelists and religious lobbyists go ahead and win already?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Exactly. Pascal's wager is bullshit, because any deity who would sentence someone to an eternity of pain for simply making the wrong choice among hundreds when he/she won't even give any evidence as to their existence or as to which is the 'true' religion isn't worth believing in, much less worshiping.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?