Prayer. It is the basis of all religion. It is a somber plea for help or an expression of gratitude address to God. The belief in God and the power of prayer was and is always the answer to life’s difficulties. If a loved one needed a surgical procedure performed, a church congregation would pray to God so that he may touch the hands of the surgeon for a safe procedure. If there is a natural disaster somewhere in the world, pray so that God will provide food and shelter to the afflicted. God and religion provides hope for those who have none, but it is false hope. With all the evil in the world, the existence of an omniscient, omnipotent, merciful, and loving God as mentioned in Psalm 86:15, “But you, O lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
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Morrison argues that “man has something more than animal instinct — the power of reason” (110). B.C. Johnson explains that the theist argues that since man has been given free will, man is responsible for the child’s death since he committed the crime. He also brings up the subject of the innocent bystander who did nothing to save the child. This bystander had the power to save the child and chose not to, he is considered immoral. Morally, mortals are responsible and deemed evil as they watched the fire and did nothing to help. If man is made in God’s image or likeness, God would also be deemed evil and immoral as he watched the child die painfully. “It does no good to assert that God may not be all-powerful and thus not able to prevent evil. He can create a universe and yet is conveniently unable to do what the fire department can do — rescue a baby from a burning building” (140). If this Christian God does exist and he is good to all, then an innocent and helpless baby would have not suffered at all. Raymond Bradley’s moral argument for the non-existence of God supports this argument. “Any act that God commits, causes, commands or condones is morally permissible” (173). God’s decision then to allow the child to perish proves that …show more content…
Believers assert that God created the world and its inhabitants while non-believers assert that the universe is created through the collision theory and evolution. Richard Dawkins states, “The fossils tell us that life has been evolving on Earth for more than 3,000 million years” (114). In looking at the creation story, the physical and scientific evidence does not support the evidence that God created man in his image. Dawkins continues on to state, “Evolution, then, is theoretically capable of doing the job that, once upon a time, seemed to be the prerogative of God. But is there any evidence that evolution actually has happened? The answer is yes; the evidence is overwhelming” (116). Since the scientific evidence of evolution disproves the idea and the existence of God, we can then turn to the problem of suffering. Some suffering, such as the baby dying in the burning building which could have been caused by man’s free will, there are other source of suffering which come from natural disasters. The existence of natural disasters, the plausibility of God’s existence is highly unlikely as it contradicts the Christian belief that “God is good and loving, the environment which he created for human life to inhabit is naturally as pleasant and comfortable as possible” (146). Reality is, the world is not pleasant nor is it comfortable. The existence of extremely drought, tornados, hurricanes, tsunamis, volcano eruptions, and earthquakes
Morrison argues that “man has something more than animal instinct — the power of reason” (110). B.C. Johnson explains that the theist argues that since man has been given free will, man is responsible for the child’s death since he committed the crime. He also brings up the subject of the innocent bystander who did nothing to save the child. This bystander had the power to save the child and chose not to, he is considered immoral. Morally, mortals are responsible and deemed evil as they watched the fire and did nothing to help. If man is made in God’s image or likeness, God would also be deemed evil and immoral as he watched the child die painfully. “It does no good to assert that God may not be all-powerful and thus not able to prevent evil. He can create a universe and yet is conveniently unable to do what the fire department can do — rescue a baby from a burning building” (140). If this Christian God does exist and he is good to all, then an innocent and helpless baby would have not suffered at all. Raymond Bradley’s moral argument for the non-existence of God supports this argument. “Any act that God commits, causes, commands or condones is morally permissible” (173). God’s decision then to allow the child to perish proves that …show more content…
Believers assert that God created the world and its inhabitants while non-believers assert that the universe is created through the collision theory and evolution. Richard Dawkins states, “The fossils tell us that life has been evolving on Earth for more than 3,000 million years” (114). In looking at the creation story, the physical and scientific evidence does not support the evidence that God created man in his image. Dawkins continues on to state, “Evolution, then, is theoretically capable of doing the job that, once upon a time, seemed to be the prerogative of God. But is there any evidence that evolution actually has happened? The answer is yes; the evidence is overwhelming” (116). Since the scientific evidence of evolution disproves the idea and the existence of God, we can then turn to the problem of suffering. Some suffering, such as the baby dying in the burning building which could have been caused by man’s free will, there are other source of suffering which come from natural disasters. The existence of natural disasters, the plausibility of God’s existence is highly unlikely as it contradicts the Christian belief that “God is good and loving, the environment which he created for human life to inhabit is naturally as pleasant and comfortable as possible” (146). Reality is, the world is not pleasant nor is it comfortable. The existence of extremely drought, tornados, hurricanes, tsunamis, volcano eruptions, and earthquakes