Is God really good?

[Jamil]

This is from another site. I enjoyed the thread and comments pertaining, so I will post this here.

Scenario:
A Christian boy lives in a dangerous side of down and is walking along a road. He happened to be wearing a 'wrong colored' shirt when a group of gang members comes around the corner carrying guns.

Outcome #1:
The group of gang members fire at the boy. Every single bullet misses. Clearly this was god protecting him, so god is good.

Outcome #2:
They fire at the boy and hit him a couple of times, but the bullets miss every major organ and artery. Clearly this was god keeping him alive and not permanently harmed, so god is good.

Outcome #3:
They fire at the boy hitting him several times. He is paralyzed from the waist down and has lasting brain damage. However, god kept him alive because he has more plans for the boy, so god is good.

Outcome #4:
They fire at the boy several times and he bleeds to death at the scene. God decided it was his time to die and took him to a better place, so god is good.

The point is this, Christian (among other theists) use any and everything as evidence for their god. They refuse to understand that everyone is subject to others' free will as well as universal entropy and god doesn't intervene in everything that happens. It's a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy as well as begging the question (assuming that god exists in the first place).

Discuss please.

 

[Envy]

Assuming that god exists in the first place... Like I said on another thread. God is who we make him to be. There are always going to be logical fallacies because people constantly keep forging the idea of God to their will.

 

[Cann!bal]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0EEKfTnfvA[/video]

You're also forgetting the outcome where all the bullets miss him and hit someone else and they die. It's a miracle he's alive, so God is good.

 

[Doom]

I want @"Michael"'s answer to this.

 

[NULLNULLNULL]

Life-threatening surgery is a succes=Thank God!
Life-threatening surgery fails=Medical malpractice.

 

[Aura]

It is a fact that divine intervention does not exist from any good god, or any god worshiped on this planet. It's quite troubling to think that an "omniscient" and "omnipotent" being allows terrible things to happen every single day. @Michael cannot make an argument, there is no benevolent god. Thus, one can deduce that there is no god.

 

[Jamil]

Anyone wanna share their views and ops.

 

[Fej]

Holy shit you actually made such a good point

 

[Nevermind]

God is always good, no matter what. It is used to excuse even the most harsh and horrible acts of violence.

For instance, there was a woman who was locked in her basement by her father. She was repeatedly raped and give birth to several children down there. She prayed everyday. After 20 years of being locked in her basement, someone saw he through the basement window from the street. They called the police and she was finally saved. God is good.

 

[ForumKorner]

If you're more spiritual type, I believe you have a different view on who and what God really is.
I know @God and I are spiritual cause I was talking to him on IG about being awake.
It depends on what he knows so far on what I'm trying to say, i hope you understand lol.
Jesus is real
We're all gods. When you're awake you'll understand.
All it takes is to research.
I'll prob confuse a whole ton of people but few will understand, and no trash talk
Just my opinion and view on things.

 

[Jamil]

God is always good, no matter what. It is used to excuse even the most harsh and horrible acts of violence.

For instance, there was a woman who was locked in her basement by her father. She was repeatedly raped and give birth to several children down there. She prayed everyday. After 20 years of being locked in her basement, someone saw he through the basement window from the street. They called the police and she was finally saved. God is good.

So are you saying god is good or proving the opposite. I couldn't tell your views.

 

[Nevermind]

So are you saying god is good or proving the opposite. I couldn't tell your views.

I was proving the opposite. Christians can twist their perspective of the world to make any situation seem like a gift from god.

 

[Matigo]

I stopped believing in God, he never did anything good for me, he never did anything literally. MY life has been a pile of shit and I thought turning to God would help but I learned that, really, he hasn't helped any one of my situations. My life has literally been so bad I can't even talk to my parents. God can be good sometimes, but my opinion is he dosen't physically nor mentally help people. People just want to believe in something and they believe in God.

I dont know.

 

[Envy]

I was proving the opposite. Christians can twist their perspective of the world to make any situation seem like a gift from god.

This is the point that I keep making.