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Atheists & Agnostics

Fumesucker

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1. Epicurus comes to mind

Reply to pscot (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2016, 08:39 PM

Feb 2016

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?

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Battling The Gods [View all] pscot Feb 2016 OP

Epicurus comes to mind Fumesucker Feb 2016 #1

"A Brief(?) Rough(?) History of Disbelief" AlbertCat Feb 2016 #2

Jennifer Hecht covered this is "Doubt" also. onager Feb 2016 #3

Hecht's book is important Brainstormy Feb 2016 #5

No, Hypatia was much earlier. onager Feb 2016 #7

I aways like the retort... NeoGreen Feb 2016 #6

Interesting. . . . Brainstormy Feb 2016 #4

Look him up on youtube lindysalsagal Feb 2016 #8