Theodicy

I think it is worthwhile to make an early note on why I think Christianity doesn't make any sense. This is important to me, because I grew up a Christian although I lost that faith in high school. I think that a Christian is going to be forced to have a different notion about the nature of mind because of confusion about the existence of the soul and about the persistence of mind after death. Either of these notions are going to prevent any critical thought.

Long before I realized the argument had a name, one clear idea in my own mind was that the notion of a good, all-powerful god doesn't make any sense. The statement off the problem goes by the name of theodicy. This refers in general to the attempt to reconcile the notion of a loving, all-powerful god with existence of evil.

An argument that I often use is as follows: Suppose I were sitting by the edge of swimming pool, and my toddler was playing at the edge of the pool. If I saw that my child was about to fall in, I would certainly stop him/her, but god wouldn't. Hence, I am a better father than god.

In my personal view. There isn't any way around this problem.