Religion
In reply to the discussion: Religious Question #1 [View all]Oregonian
(209 posts)You're correct, your cat once thought the room lit up magically. But in millions of cat years, your cat learned the connection between electrical currents and how they connect with light-bulb filaments. It's called evolution.
The cat would've then replaced the "magic owner" theory with the "electricity" theory.
Bad shit happens in the world, and theists chalk it up to "his ways are higher than ours". Personally, I think that's a bullshit surrender of an argument. The truth is, there is no god, there are only humans, animals, and the physical conditions (bad weather, scarcity of resources, individual greed and tribal associations) of earth. The "evil" is simply the interplay that results in disaster for some (widespread drought, flooding, poverty and death in the 3rd world) and success for others (bountiful water, food, oil, elecricity, infrastructure and money in the U.S./Europe).
Just as we used to chalk up earthquakes to God moving furniture or losing his temper, we now know the reason is tectonic plates that move. Every "it's God" explanation prior to 1850 has been replaced by science, almost without exception.
Evil, therefore, does not exist. The OP's premise is invalid (but maybe that was the point).