Эпикур

[aptsvet]

Если Бог желает предотвратить зло, но не может, он не всемогущ. Если может, но не желает, то он есть зло. Если может и желает, то откуда берется зло? Если не может и не желает, то какой же он Бог?

(Собственно говоря, это тезис теологии "слабого Бога", во времена Эпикура этот вариант всерьез не рассматривали.)

Comments

[shkrobius.livejournal.com]

Your grievance would be understandable if the forbidden fruit of knowledge were stuck into our mouths against our wishes. That was not the case. Our creator wanted best for us and did not give us what you call moral compass. We wanted it, we invented it, we defined our lives around it, we integrated it into our selves, we desired to judge the creation, and every day we want more of it. We were forewarned in no uncertain terms against it. Now, you want this "moral compass" of our own chosing and making to be aligned with our creator's will. Moreover, you want it to make perfect sense. Again, what do you want Him to do? To make sense out of nonsense? That cannot be done. Have it occurred to you that it might be Him who is having difficulty in aligning His will with our insane demands and ridiculous notions, with self-contradictory expectations that no omnipotence can deliver? Those "countless millions that would've settled for nothing" got exactly what they wanted. Before their incomprehensible wish was fulfilled, they were given their last chance to see and want something.