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You do realize fascism is Zeus punishing Prometheus for sneaking off with fire hidden inside a fennel stalk right? He sends Pandora as a gift to Epimetheus (Hindsight) who, despite Prometheus (Foresight) having warned him, oh yes plenty of warning, thoughtlessly accepts what was clearly a very bad no good offer.

So, we've been screwed for quite some time; ambition started it, denial assured it. As Hesiod once said: Thanks, Obama.

#Hesiod #Pandora #Zeus #Prometheus #Epimetheus #FacistUSA #ProblemOfEvil

By day, men toil; night worries them with care, And the gods will give them troubles hard to bear; But even so, some good things will alloy Their lot of woe. And still, Zeus will destroy

This race, when babes are born already grey At the temples, and when father in no way Shall share a bond with sons, nor sons with father, Nor guest with host, nor comrades with each other, Nor brother love his brother as before; Soon men won't honour parents any more But will heap insults on old age - they'll learn About the payback of the gods in turn Ingrates for their own rearing. Lacking pity, With the rule of fist, one sacks another's city. Thankless will be the man who keeps his word, The good and the just. The wicked will be preferred In honour, outrageous men who take the law In their own hands, and there shall be no Awe. The bad will harm the good; he won't be loath

To twist his words, and seal them with an oath. And spiteful Envy, with her evil eye16 And acid tongue, will keep herself close by To every miserable man, while Awe And Retribution will indeed withdraw, Abandoning mankind and the broad roads Of earth, for the Olympian abodes Of the Deathless Ones, veiling themselves in white And hiding the beauty of their skin from sight.

Dismal troubles will be left behind: No deliverance from evil for mankind.

The Problem of Evil Is Often A Problem of Understanding | Cold Case Christianity https://buff.ly/I0WrcjH #Christianity #theism #philosophy #ProblemOfEvil #apologetics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6E7nHFsNsw
The Art of Justifying Evil -- DarkMatter2525

> The way some people answer the problem of evil can be an avenue to atrocity.

Best quote according to @BaconJets:

> When you're a child, you have imaginary friends. When you're an adult, you have imaginary enemies.

#ProblemOfEvil #DarkMatter2525 #Atheism #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #ImaginaryEnemies #ReligionDebate #Morality #JustifyingEvil”

Gen Z, Atheism, and The Problem of Evil https://buff.ly/Fn7JkMv #Christianity #theism #atheism #ProblemOfEvil #apologetics

Evil Is Evidence God Exists | Cold Case Christianity https://buff.ly/42spxIZ #Christianity #evidence #ProblemOfEvil #apologetics

-- How Low Can an Apologist Go? --
(from Godless Granny)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exj-7lG726Q

#theodicy #apologetics #problemOfEvil #God #theology #soteriology #freeWill #Heaven #Christianity

-- Five STUPID Reasons God Allows EVIL (Red Pen Logic) --
(from Sir Sic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avzJtT5_6oA

#theodicy #problemOfEvil #apologetics #God #apologetics

Boy Swept Away by Floodwaters: Why Didn’t God Save Him? | with Dr. Clay Jones and Dan Hodges https://buff.ly/3Ng8G3j #ProblemOfEvil #philosophy #God #suffering #theodicy

A quotation from Augustine of Hippo:

«
For God judged it better to bring good out of evil than not to permit any evil to exist.

[Melius enim judicavit de malis bene facere quam mala nulla esse permittere.]
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/augustine-of-hippo/1291/

#quote #quotes #quotation #divinepurpose #evil #God #good #goodandevil #problemofevil #redemption #salvation #theodicy

-- Atheists Debunk Christian Mathematician John Lennox --
(Alex Malpass, Daniel Linford, Phil Halper)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7yuY_ViUOQ

#theism #Christianity #apologetics #physics #science #cosmology #evolution #abiogenesis #God #theodicy #problemOfEvil

-- A Dialogue on Theodicy --
(at Real Atheology)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1trkaw71myQ

#theodicy #problemOfEvil #God #theology #axiology #apologetics #dialogue

-- Not Explaining is the BEST Explanation! --
(from @VicedRhino)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VxCsq3ysOY

#theodicy #problemOfEvil #God #theology #Christianity #apologetics

A quotation from Herrick, Robert:

«
God doth not promise here to man that He
Will free him quickly from his misery;
But in His own time, and when He thinks fit,
Then He will give a happy end to it.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/herrick-robert/8646/

#quote #quotes #quotation #comforting #divineplan #divinewill #God #patience #problemofevil #theodicy #timing

A quotation from Ehrman, Bart:

«
I could no longer reconcile the claims of faith with the facts of life. In particular, I could no longer explain how there can be a good and all-powerful God actively involved with this world, given the state of things. For many people who inhabit this planet, life is a cesspool of misery and suffering. I came to…
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/ehrman-bart/68179/

#quote #quotes #quotation #atheism #faith #God #misery #theodicy #problemofevil #suffering