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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]#4 Argument from perfection

We judge things to be more or less beautiful, just, kind, etc. This judgement presupposes an absolute standard of perfection with which the less perfect are compared. The absolute standard of perfection is God. [/quote]

I was an atheist up until last night when I read this argument.  I find it extremely compelling, and am now starting to lean towards the "God exists" camp.

I can imagine a perfectly malevolent force that perfectly embodies all of the anti-virtues.  I now believe in God.  It's just that he's perfectly evil.

God is profoundly, transcendentally evil - evil in a way that extends far beyond any modest conception of Him we might possess. So I am not surprised many of you are struggling to make sense of Him.

Sure, there are good things in the world, just as there are evil things, but there are good reasons why He will not want to make the depths of his depravity entirely obvious. For example, He can actually increase evil by not fully revealing himself. So there are good reasons why we struggle to recognize His existence, or even make sense of Him. We should expect not to be able to make sense of it all. So the fact that neither you nor I can make sense of it doesn’t give us any grounds for supposing it's not true. And I have glimpsed that it is true.

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Don't be ridiculous!   If God is evil then I'd expect to see a universe filled with suffering...  Oh, wait...  Nevermind.[/quote]

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