Day Brown on "Logical impasse"
with me...
 RT>> This is similar to David Hume's argument which goes something like
 RT>> this:
 RT>> Deists claim that god is benevolent and omnipotent. 
 RT>> There is evil in the world. 
 RT>> If evil is gods plan then he is not benevolent. 
 RT>> If evil is not gods plan then he is not omnipotent. 
 RT>> God cannot be both benevolent and omnipotent if evil exists. 
 DB> I too have enjoyed his work. either forgot or never saw this, but  it
 DB> certainly looks reasonable. 
I haven't read any Hume personally. This is from a book that quotes Hume - 
"God and the New Physics"  Paul Davies (ISBN 0-14-103462-X
[Penguin])
 DB> He also said that since the cause is so holy, there is no act so
 DB> despicable that a fanatic will not use it in the furtherance of  the
 DB> faith.  And for that reason we get truck bombs. 
Agreed. Blind faith can justify anything and has done on countless occasions.
 DB> By contrast, the philosopher has only reason on his side, and if  that
 DB> will not win, no other tool may be used.
Is there another tool?
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