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There’s some excellent discussion on the existence or otherwise of God in the comments to a post by Kasparsohn at the Daily Ablution. Ade made me smile:

If we accept for a moment that god does exist, the next question is whether we consider that the appropriate action is to worship such a cruel, violent and psychopathic entity.

A similar sentiment was expressed by Slocum, further down. Nick (South Africa) adds:

The problem of suffering and evil is indeed a valid question for those who posit any omnipresent, omnipotent, benevolent deity – the stock answer of ‘god works in mysterious ways’ leaves me for one considerably unimpressed, indeed it’s a cop out just like the cosmological argument.

Nick’s other comments are worth a read, too. A full discussion of theodicy can be found on Wikipedia.

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