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Atheists & Agnostics

progressoid

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6. I got into a long and futile argument with a guy about god being good AND evil.

Reply to trotsky (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 10:23 AM

Oct 2017

I kept pestering him with the notion that all the evil in the world was god's fault since he created everything (including evil).
Guy: No, all evil comes from Satan
Me: And who created Satan? God!
Guy: That's not how it works.
Me: So God didn't create everything?
Guy: Everything except evil. That was Satan.
Me: So God isn't omnipotent. He can't control Satan?

etc. until guy got pissed and left.

I was young and mostly drunk so I had a good time. Plus he never came to proselytize again!

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"How on earth did you determine that God was the good one and Satan was the evil one?" [View all] rurallib Oct 2017 OP

God sure destroys a lot of people and places. A loving god, yep, right. Delusions and RKP5637 Oct 2017 #1

Circular arguments with Christians is exhausting. BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #2

Seems Christians have safeinOhio Oct 2017 #3

Grist for the apologist mill Brainstormy Oct 2017 #4

i got to admit, I am quite dense sometimes. rurallib Oct 2017 #7

I think you nailed it Brainstormy Oct 2017 #9

funny thing is, at least in my day only a few biblical passages were taught rurallib Oct 2017 #10

I remember the first time that was pointed out to me. trotsky Oct 2017 #5

I got into a long and futile argument with a guy about god being good AND evil. progressoid Oct 2017 #6

Prometheus has had a rough 3-5 thousand years, Exultant Democracy Oct 2017 #8

I believe that the Bible meant Lucifer as a metaphor for mundanity, as opposed to spirituality. DetlefK Oct 2017 #12

Of course God is the good guy! He said so! And we can believe him because he's the good guy! DetlefK Oct 2017 #11