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marylandblue

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12. You can certainly ask, but the Abrahamic religions give a bad answer

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 03:44 PM

Jan 2019

They imagine the Creator to be all-powerful, all-knowing and all-good, so they must explain away evil. But in other traditions, the gods are limited, neutral, or cruel. There is no problem of evil then. The gods could not prevent evil or did not care to, deal with it, be good to one another, end of story.

You can write poem about Naegleria fowleri if it floats your boat, but it doesn't sound very poetic so far.
Camus did write a profound story about bubonic plague which I enjoyed very much.

Or you can just run with the poem. The poem reminded me of a grasshopper I watched eating a plant when I was a kid, it was just fascinating then. I was surprised it could eat a whole plant. Now I feel sorry for the plant. Should I have saved the plant? Then what about the grasshopper?

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Maybe so. mia Jan 2019 #4

I love this poem so much. violetpastille Jan 2019 #2

I love you for sharing love. mia Jan 2019 #3

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The god of dirt. Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #8

Who made Naegleria fowleri? trotsky Jan 2019 #9

Free will. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #10

Ahem. I believe you forgot some of that proper argument. It goes like this: trotsky Jan 2019 #11

You can certainly ask, but the Abrahamic religions give a bad answer marylandblue Jan 2019 #12

Poems are neat. trotsky Jan 2019 #13

But this OP is a poem. Why raise that question here? marylandblue Jan 2019 #14

See post #9. trotsky Jan 2019 #15

Ah yes, the asking questions statement. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #16

I get to ask questions. trotsky Jan 2019 #22

Sorry, I don't mean to sound judgy. I just like the poem. marylandblue Jan 2019 #18

I disagree. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #19

Of course many theists think that, the myth of Good vs. Evil requires it marylandblue Jan 2019 #20

How are deadly parasites a "bad choice"? trotsky Jan 2019 #23

For the record, I'm not talking about the poem. trotsky Jan 2019 #21

Well I am definitely not trying to stop you from asking questions marylandblue Jan 2019 #24

We know that. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #27

At least guillaumeb thinks you're doing a great job. trotsky Jan 2019 #28

Recommended. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #17

Who made the one who made the universe that made the world? NeoGreen Jan 2019 #25

Lovely poem. Thank you, I was not familiar with Mary Oliver. The read left a wonderful vibration. c-rational Jan 2019 #26