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Why do bad things happen to good people?
- Thread starter stealth82
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Does infinity have life?
The world lives in you. (a la 'The Lion King')
Here's a quote I like, from David Hume: "the idea of existence must either be derived from a distinct impression, conjoined with every perception or object of our thought, or must be the very same with the idea of the perception or object."
Existence (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
BruceDLimber
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Simple: there IS no such thing!
I quote the Baha'i scriptures:
"Such an existence is a contingent and not an absolute existence, inasmuch as the former is preceded by a cause, whilst the latter is independent thereof.
"Absolute existence is strictly confined to God, exalted be His glory. Well is it with them that apprehend this truth."
(Gleanings, page 157)
Just the facts.
Bruce
BruceDLimber
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Really?
Then I eagerly await your explanation of what a photon is, and why and how it affects other objects by colliding with them!
Peace,
Bruce
cablescavenger
Well-Known Member
I could not have said it better myself.
cablescavenger
Well-Known Member
I could not have said it better myself.
This contradicts your argument from before.
If evil is nothing more than the absence of good, then if we consider the whole spectrum of good and evil acts, as we take away good, eventually we'll reach a point where there is no good left to take away. This point would be absolute evil.
So where is it?
PolyHedral
Superabacus Mystic
But the only way this can be consistent with your previous argument is if there is an infinite amount of good to be taken away. In that case, what's the point in worrying about evil?
It's a fluctauation of the electromagnetic field. Other particles interact with the EM field, and so react to photons coliding with them.
BruceDLimber
Well-Known Member
Wrong again.
As we often say, Truth is relative.
Simple as that, and in full agreement with the quote I just posted!
Bruce
BruceDLimber
Well-Known Member
Photonic
Ad astra!
Still not seeing facts here.
St Giordano Bruno
Well-Known Member
If one equates a belief in God to goodness I am sure many of those "good" people will get let down more often than those who do not believe in a God at all. One of the greatest delusions people fall into is a belief God will always be looking after them. Bad things happen to theists and atheists alike and a belief in God gives you no immunity for bad things happening to you. But if a bad thing happens to an atheist or a scientific pantheist they will not be tying their minds in a knot making up all kinds of excuses for their God. They just except it happened due to a natural accident or something like that and forget about making excuses for an omnibenevolent God which all too frequently drives many theists insane.