One of the all-time most used arguments against God's existence is "would a loving god create evil?" But who says that God loves humans in general? He certainly loves those who are called to Him, but in most religions this is contrasted with his attitude towards those who aren't called to him. I'm not familiar with Islamic soteriology, but in Christianity, God hates the reprobates (despite creating them that way) and wants nothing to do with them. In Judaism God is obviously biased towards the Jews and there are many examples from the Tanakh and post-OT literature that show God acting downright cruelly to non-Jews. In the Dharmic religions (except Vaishnavism), God isn't assumed to be all-good and is considered beyond good and evil.So is the idea that "God loves you" a comforting lie? Does it only applies to some people? What do you guys think? (pic unrelated it was the first result on Google for "theodicy")
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>>18631475Despite all this the only reason you hate him is because you like buttsex.
Jewish and Muslim orthodoxy is that theodicy is not needed. What God does is good by definition, your logic and intuition be damned. This has been called "anti-theodicy". He might have allowed=effectuated ten trillion times as much evil as he did and he would still be perfectly good, by definition. This is a popular perspective in Christianity as well, but they are far more likely to take seriously reasoned definitions of evil, and that God might be accountable for the consequences of his deeds. That God is perfectly loving is a presupposition of all three, he just has the super power to do and say things that, should we do or say them, preclude our being perfectly loving, but while remaining perfectly loving.
>>18631475The fact that He is the One, so your posture towards Him becomes your stance on reality itself, the only reality there is. Is reality good? Is life good? You tell me.
