@ScruffyOldApe@MannixAtheist @MeMysel41161908 Thank you for the example. How would you define Craig's Cosmological Argument, and what fallacies do you see it containing?
@CoachJasonWitt Great question. Two thoughts come to mind: 1) how are you defining success? 2) Could it be that each of those relationships are vital and intertwined, and that it is unrealistic to isolate one from the others?
@MeMysel41161908 @MannixAtheist 2/ If option 2 is true we're all screwed.
But I've pushed my chips to option 3: there is a God, he is good, just, and sovereign, and his ways (which include allowing both the existence and eradication of sickness, etc.) are beyond my ability to fully comprehend.
@MeMysel41161908 @MannixAtheist 1/ Option 1 is sensible, though we are left to wrestle with various dilemmas of a purely materialistic universe--one of which being--if we are merely matter in motion, why does coronavirus, pain, death, etc. even matter?
@MeMysel41161908 @MannixAtheist 5/ As for why God would allow Coronavirus? I can only speculate as to the myriad purposes God has. But it's not a contradiction to claim that God can allow the preconditions for coronavirus, while at the same time allowing virologists to figure out ways to combat it.
@MeMysel41161908 @MannixAtheist 4/ to be pricked by a needle (for vaccination purposes) to understand that a loving, compassionate being can allow that which is loved (the child) to experience pain & suffering. In this example, the suffering--painful as it may be--actually serves to bring about a greater good