The Top 12 Excuses for God’s Horrible Behavior


	The Top 12 Excuses for God’s Horrible Behavior

laceym

5-21-2007 3:19 PM

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religion, god, evil, devil, incompetence, cruelty, disease, disaster

laceym says:

For those religious people who are kind for the sake of kindness, without reference to a god, that’s exactly what secular humanism is.
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5-21-2007 7:48 PM

AcesLucky

For those religious people who are kind for the sake of kindness, without reference to a god, that’s exactly what secular humanism is.

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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><STRONG>(1) Unknown greater good</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><STRONG>(2) Evil is really God’s love</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><STRONG>(3) Evil is needed to appreciate the good</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><STRONG>(4) Blame the ancestors and blame the victim</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><STRONG>(5) Evil is necessary for free will</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><STRONG>(6) The devil did it</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><STRONG>(7) Evil doesn’t last very long</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><STRONG>(8) Evil is necessary for compassion</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><STRONG>(9) Suffering builds character</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><STRONG>(10) God is testing our faith</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><STRONG>(11) The Creator is always justified</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><STRONG>(12) Evil necessary to prove God’s existence</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><P><STRONG>Conclusion</STRONG> - God has run out of excuses. He is either incompetent, indifferent, or cruel. Another way to reconcile the facts is to conclude that gods don’t exist at all.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/">If you had the knowledge and power of a god, would you have created birth defects, disease, and natural disasters? If not, then you are nicer than the god you believe in. This god should be praying to <EM>you</EM> for moral advice, rather than the other way around.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/05/19/the-top-12-excuses-for-god%e2%80%99s-horrible-behavior/"><P>Would you take a syringe full of malaria and inject it into someone you love? 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