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9. And yet he uses the standard cardboard cutout of "religion"

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 05:40 PM

Dec 2012

that the resident anti-thesits here use when they show their expertise when discussing religion.

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The Newtown massacre and religion’s big problem of evil [View all] cbayer Dec 2012 OP

The problem of evil is a natural, and probably necessary, okasha Dec 2012 #1

Specious, yes. But it lacks any reason whatsoever. cleanhippie Dec 2012 #5

Nonsense. trotsky Dec 2012 #3

I don't know if it's necessary, but it certainly is natural among cbayer Dec 2012 #8

I think the choice "to do good and refuse the evil" okasha Dec 2012 #12

Religion has no problem of evil. Leontius Dec 2012 #4

That's pretty much what he concludes. cbayer Dec 2012 #6

And yet he uses the standard cardboard cutout of "religion" Leontius Dec 2012 #9

And what exactly is that "standard cardboard cutout" skepticscott Dec 2012 #11

As usual skepticscott Dec 2012 #14

And with a wave of the hand, the problem disappears. cleanhippie Dec 2012 #7

Free will? Laochtine Dec 2012 #13

There's a big difference skepticscott Dec 2012 #15

I was was thinking Laochtine Dec 2012 #16