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[quote=Anonymous]How could it possibly make any sense to believe that the existence of evil in the world implies that there is no God?  Do you actually think the theists posting here, who believe in God, don't believe there is evil in the world because there is God?

Is that what a lot of atheists actually think?  That the presence of evil in the world implies there is no god?  That can't possibly be the case since it makes no sense.  How would the absence of evil in the world imply that there is a God?

Good implies evil, evil implies good.  They are two sides of the same coin, opposite poles of a bar magnet.

If a person's reason for not believing in God is that there is evil in the world, then that assumes that God if he exists is good; but the existence of good implies the existence of evil as its counterpoint;  and that there is evil in the world, implies the existence of good; then the existence of evil in the world implies the existence of its opposite, good, which implies the existence of God.

Therefore the argument that there is evil in the world, therefore God does not exist, contradicts itself, and therefore is not a sound basis for non-belief in God.  None of which mean god exists.   It means you need a better argument then to say you don't believe in god because there is evil in the world.  [/quote]

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