tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post7642265292816106608..comments2023-08-09T09:44:13.292-04:00Comments on Reality by Evidence: Making Excuses for GodJerry Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05466226925773904805noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-43934378085433697482013-05-07T14:17:12.558-04:002013-05-07T14:17:12.558-04:00You've addressed exactly what I am struggling ...You've addressed exactly what I am struggling with now as I am in constant horrible pain with no end in sight. I don't want to live but I don't want to die either. I see god as a tyrant who does not answer to me for anything. Living in this pain I am in hell, and if I die by my own hand then I'll go to hell. So there is no hope for me regardless. His silence is deafening to Newthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07115016786991580468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-85266247217789243392011-05-05T07:12:19.945-04:002011-05-05T07:12:19.945-04:00I think this part of the post answers your questio...I think this part of the post answers your question: "Of course, that doesn’t prove that God doesn’t exist, but it does pretty much seal the deal on the existence of an all-loving and all-powerful god; such a god is incompatible with so much suffering. There can be no real excuse for it all."<br /><br />God may not have promised us no suffering, but we judge what is good and what is Jerry Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466226925773904805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-18250347761881344972011-05-05T01:09:58.542-04:002011-05-05T01:09:58.542-04:00I randomly came across your blog; and really, rare...I randomly came across your blog; and really, rarely make any comments. However, I'm in a certain frame of mind today that makes me want to simply ask: when or where did God ever say there would be no suffering. I understand what Christians say, and do, does not always accurately represent the God of the Bible - the theodicy argument that many turn to as the ultimate and irrefutable Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-91568038286577986702010-09-12T18:40:02.636-04:002010-09-12T18:40:02.636-04:00Wonderful post, Jerry. All perfectly legitimate qu...Wonderful post, Jerry. All perfectly legitimate questions...and they are never answered satisfactorily, are they?Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149068921334726430noreply@blogger.com