Geoff Bosco Tackles the Problem of Evil and Suffering

WARNING THIS POST CONTAINS GRAPHIC PROFANITY:


I'll be the first to admit that I get in over my head sometimes, not having a formal philosophical education, but I do believe I have a unique perspective on matters such as these.

I don't know what is is about me (call it a certain kind of masochism, or maybe a martyr's heart,I don't know) but, I feel compelled to expose myself to atheistic philosophy and philosophers, even if it leaves me feeling bad afterwards.

Anyway, the problem of evil goes something like this: If God, in all His glory, really exists why does He allow so much suffering?

I just finished listening to the Philosophy Bites podcast with Steven Law, he gives the classical atheist responses to what he called theodicies...you know like freewill, Intelligent design, and all that happy horse crap but, I have no interest in inventing a better theodicy. I'll leave that to Kirk Cameron. I just have a few observations for the Steven Laws of the world.

What, the fuck, does Steven Law know about any one's suffering? Have you ever noticed how angry these people get when they talk about suffering? I did and it got me to thinking that they are not talking about something as abstract, to them at least, as some child suffering in an earthquake. They are obfuscating the fact that they are simply pissing and moaning about their own pain and suffering. If they are right about naturalistic evolution then why is it bad that some weak little people in some far off country they've never been to, dies because they have no food? Isn't it just natures way of weeding out the people not smart enough to get food by any means necessary? Or not smart enough to leave before an earthquake like the animals that do? Survival of the fittest, isn't that how it works? If they say that this naturalistic view proves their point then why be so angry about it?

This is kind of part two of my open question to atheists. The reason for the question, was because I got into a debate on Youtube with a satanist about the existence of God and he said something like satanist don't believe in satan or the supernatural, satan is simply a symbol of their own self worship. The problem with the Steven Laws of the world is that they lack the intellectual honesty of the satanist. The reason they don't believe in God is because they worship themselves and the real God is nothing like them, which, to me is, the greatest reason I could ever give myself to believe in God, CAN I GET AN AMEN!

Ahh, I feel much better now.

Separated at Birth? You Decide.

So I bought Pan's Labyrinth on DVD, and I'm watching the interview with director Guillermo Del Toro on disc 2 from Charlie Rose and I'm all, "dude...this guy looks familiar." And, then a few minutes goes by and I realize why.

An Open Question to Atheists

If God did exist, what would you want Him/Her/It to be like?

While I'm At It

How low have we sunk as a culture when we have to watch "To Catch a Predator" to feel OK about our own goodness?

Disclaimer: I know what I'm about write, many of you will strongly react to, but please read it carefully and think about the arguments I'm making.

Another thing that bugs me is that the people at Dateline are the same people that defend "reproductive rights" for thirteen year-old-girls. The fact is dirty old men go on the Internet to find teenage girls because it works; They wouldn't do it otherwise. In my very Unhumble opinion if you tell a teenage girl it is OK to have sex with teenage boys...well what do you expect?

Thanks Dateline for contributing to a problem and then pretending to fix it. As if putting five guys in jail a month is really keeping our kids safe.

Judd Apatow Is The Master

Just got home from seeing "Knocked Up", and all I have to say is: if this movie is going to give big and dumpy, but smart and funny underachievers like myself a shot with hot women, bring on the ladies, there is enough Geoff to go around.