[freefallife]

Quote by: loser It's in the very middle of the spectrum. Why do you have a hard time grasping this most simple of concepts? In mathematics, we have a line with a point of origin designated as zero (0), with positive integers to the right of zero and negative integers to the left. A neutron would be represented by zero, as in zero charge.

I don't have a problem grasping simple mathmatical concepts, genius. You completely missed what i was illustrating. Rainbow implied...with HER atom analogy, that a balance of positive and negative...good evil, light and darkness, was present in every system of life. I showed that it was not the case using the neutron and pointing out that NOT everything in the universe has an equal opposite. Perhaps with an ounce of reading comprehension, you would have recognized that.

No one's REQUIRING the existence of life. It just IS. Everything does not have to have an exact opposite for exact opposites to exist. Hot has an exact opposite: Cold. Warm has an exact opposite: Cool. Banana does not have an exact opposite.

And here, you are actually agreeing with my argument...that not everything in the universe has an opposite. What is humorous is that you've somehow mistaken my standpoint and you think we disagree...

Once again, you don't have a basic understanding of the Theory of Relativity. An increase in good would result in a decrease in evil and vice-versa: i.e., the amount of good and evil in the universe remains constant.

Exactly why RAINBOW'S equal opposite argument fails....once again...I understand the theory of relativity, thank you very much. All you are doing here is agreeing with me as you have somehow mistaken my arguments.

You build a perfect wooden fence. Twenty years later, the fence has rotted to the ground. Did you build rot?

To begin with, your analogies are flawed. In creating a fence, it is in no way the same as my creating EVERYTHING in existance. Secondly, if I HAD created a PERFECT fence, the damn thing wouldn't rot, now would it? However, if I were god, I would have had to create rot (evil) in order for it to affect my fence.

Another example. You make (create) a perfect ice cube. It melts. What happened?

Once again, if I were god, I would have had to create heat (evil) in order for the ice to melt.

I saved the best example for last. You create the perfect sculpture of the love of your life...a giant doobie. I come along and smash it to bits (or smoke it, if you like that analogy better).

And once again, if I were god, I would have had to create YOU in order for you to destroy my sculpture. If I hadn't, it would still be perfect.

No, it goes like this: 1. God created fire to keep you warm (good) 2. You stand too close and burn yourself even though God warned you to stay back (bad) 3. God made you (good) but you disobeyed (bad).

Sure, and yet why would a loving god create fire so hot?? Could not an omnipotent being created fire that was just warm enough to keep us warm and not hot enough to cause pain??

Secondly, god has never warned me of the dangers of fire, or anything else for that matter thus invallidating your second premise.

You don't understand evil. Hurricanes, floods, and shark attacks aren't evil...they're just everyday events 'at the office'.

Anything that is characterized or accompanied by misfortune or suffering is considered to be evil. Look it up...I did.

The bottom line is that most of the evil that you attribute to God is actually your fault (or some other human being's).

The destruction of an entire neighborhood by a tornado is not my fault or anyone elses.

The question you should ask yourself, if there is indeed a Creator God, is why He would allow evil to exist if He could eliminate it?

Do you actually comprehend anything you read? Thats exactly what I set as the topic of debate in the OP? Justify a perfect creator and the existance of evil.