Does God exist? Academics and theologians have debated this issue for two millennia. It is one of the most important questions that we as intelligent human beings can ask.
The classic arguments against the existence of god runs as follow:
THE “EVIL” PROBLEM – Because evil exists, God can not be all-powerful and all-knowing and all-loving.
THE “PAIN” PROBLEM – Because pain, disease and natural disasters to occur, God can not be all-powerful and all-knowing and all-loving
THE “INJUSTICE” PROBLEM – Arbitrary injustice exists, and bad things happen to good people, therefore an all-powerful God would not allow this to happen if he existed
THE ARGUMENT FROM SIMPLICITY — Since God is invisible and the universe is on different if he exists or does not exist, it is simpler to assume he does not exist. AKA Occam’s Razor
And now, after after thousands of years of scholarly debate, we finally have a NEW argument against the existence of God, just discovered in Russia.
THE “OH SHI- ITS A LION GET IN THE CAR” PROBLEM – If you invoke God’s protection against a charging lion, and you die, then God can not exist.
Reuters Wire reports — Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God
KIEV (Reuters) - A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in Kiev zoo after he crept into the animal’s enclosure, a zoo official said on Monday.
“The man shouted ‘God will save me, if he exists’, lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions,” the official said.
“A lioness went straight for him, knocked him down and severed his carotid artery.”
The incident, Sunday evening when the zoo was packed with visitors, was the first of its kind at the attraction. Lions and tigers are kept in an “animal island” protected by thick concrete blocks.
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September 16th, 2006 at 10:16 am
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.
They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said:
“I don’t believe that God exists.”
“Why do you say that?” asked the customer.
“Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn’t
exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people?
Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither
suffering nor pain. I can’t imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things.”
The customer thought for a moment, but didn’t respond because he didn’t want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: “You know what? Barbers do not exist.”
“How can you say that?” asked the surprised barber. “I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!”
“No!” the customer exclaimed. “Barbers don’t exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside.”
“Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is that people do not come to me.”
“Exactly!”- affirmed the customer. “That’s the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens is that people don’t go to Him and do not look for Him. That’s why there’s so much pain and suffering in the world.”
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