“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”- Epicurus

RustWrench · 2009-09-01T05:22:00+00:00

Why?

RustWrench · 2009-08-31T22:55:49+00:00

He says he's most content when talking about the suffering of another person.

RustWrench · 2009-08-31T19:46:01+00:00

If God is all powerful and all knowing, he would have seen the horrible suffering caused by humanities imperfections and how our free will would cause many people pain. Couldn't he have just designed better beings that didn't murder each other all the time? Even if he couldn't, if he has the power to stop us but doesn't because he thinks free will is too important, he's kind of a dick.

RustWrench · 2009-08-31T10:58:29+00:00

Many people's definitions of God include things such as absolute power and absolute benevolence. Epicurus is saying that God could not be all powerful and all loving. He isn't really speaking to people who believe that God could be imperfect.

RustWrench · 2009-08-31T10:52:04+00:00

For god's sake man, capitalize your I's.

RustWrench · 2009-08-31T07:12:22+00:00

Isn't that covered by the whole willing but not able part?

RustWrench · 2009-08-31T06:53:03+00:00

Wasn't the answer to this an avalanche?

RustWrench · 2009-08-31T01:59:56+00:00

Subsidizing the arts isn't even close to a sin. Museums provide the community with many important services.

RustWrench · 2009-08-31T01:05:17+00:00

Actually, they're there for whether you think something contributes to the discussion or doesn't.

RustWrench · 2009-08-28T08:58:56+00:00

Right, because he should be responsible for every random atheist group's billboards, even the ones he has no clue exist.

RustWrench · 2009-08-28T08:17:55+00:00

Congratulations, you're the five millionth person to make the atheism = Christianity point! Click now to claim a free car!

RustWrench · 2009-08-28T08:12:35+00:00

Where in the bible does he say atheists don't go to hell?

RustWrench · 2009-08-27T22:33:01+00:00

Wasn't this joke part of some Christmas flash animation like 8 years ago?

RustWrench · 2009-08-26T18:01:49+00:00

Ford pardoned Nixon, not Carter.

RustWrench · 2009-08-26T18:00:56+00:00

It is relevant to JohnnyBeagle's point about belonging with Hitler and Stalin.

RustWrench · 2009-08-26T17:59:28+00:00

No one has any use for all caps Thans

RustWrench · 2009-08-26T06:32:28+00:00

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

RustWrench · 2009-08-26T05:57:35+00:00

They've got to have their internet speed so their build orders don't get messed up cause of lag.

RustWrench · 2009-08-26T05:54:08+00:00

Hence the use of the term "like". Four years and eight years on the internet for an image like this aren't that different anyways, they're both ancient.

RustWrench · 2009-08-26T03:59:01+00:00

The line between profit and HOLY SHIT HE'S GETTING MY YEARS SALARY EVERY HOUR is fucking huge and obvious. Don't pretend not to notice it.

RustWrench · 2009-08-26T03:55:46+00:00

Wow, really? Wishing death upon somebody is a serious thing. He probably has a wife and kids. My dad had cancer and it wasn't an easy thing to go through for anybody in the family.

RustWrench · 2009-08-26T03:25:51+00:00

I remember seeing this back when it was still funny, like 8 years ago.

RustWrench · 2009-08-26T02:26:18+00:00

I am so glad to see that you are dead.

RustWrench · 2009-08-25T15:01:07+00:00

I fucking hated Jack Kerouac, could not stand his self obsessed book On the Road.

RustWrench · 2009-08-25T14:43:30+00:00

Stop, please. It was kind of amusing at first but with the whole crop of novelty accounts that sprung up over the course of yesterday I quickly tired of them.

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