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Atheists can you draw a painting using only one color so why do you demand God to create a universe where pleasure exists without suffering?

The only way for something to exist independently of everything else is to be different. And for something to be appreciated it needs to have an opposite that exists.

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  • 2 years ago
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    Some people complain at what they find in this world. But, without contrasts, how could we distinguish between good and bad, beautiful and ugly, wise and foolish, right and wrong, light and darkness, hot and cold, life and death, etc. Sort of the whole yin-yang thing—it all has to have its counterpart and is meaningless without the other. In a world where you can hear, “I love you,” you can also hear, “I hate you.” In a world where you can feel a warm embrace, you can also feel a punch in the face.

    And how can you develop character and “prove your mettle” without trials? If you were God, would you create a place where interesting and exciting things can happen (with great contrasts), or a place where only the same boring things can occur over and over? Personally, I like the difficulty and challenge of my existence in this universe of contrasts. Besides helping me to mature and prove my worth, it causes me to appreciate the positive and the good all the more. It also causes me to cherish and see how special life is—and how I want to take hold of the eternal life He offers.

  • 2 years ago

    I don't. There is no god. I don't demand something which doesn't exist do anything.

    You seem confused, or perhaps just not capable of understanding.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    I'd love a glass of whatever you're drinking! You'll hate yourself when you sober up and see what youve written.

    I can't "draw" any kind of painting, but I can certainly do a drawing or a painting using only one colour. Drawings usually use only one colour

    I don't "demand" anything regarding a Universe being created and, being an "atheist, I don't believe in God.

    No, for something to be appreciated there does NOT need to be "an opposite".

    This is the sort of cliche -ridden rubbish a sixteen year old would write!

  • 2 years ago

    Actually, I can.

    Ever heard of Atkinson dithering?

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    I don't demand anything from your god thingy. He's your imaginary friend, not mine. I gave up imaginary friends when I was 6.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    I don't demand anything from God. What I demand is proof from you that proves that God exists so I can make demands to him.

  • 2 years ago

    Here is one I did earlier.

    I called it 'White cat with eyes shut, in a snow storm'.

    It is part of a pair. The other is 'Black cat, in coal cellar'.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    If a god is omnipotent and omnibenevolent, it could make a universe with pleasure but no pain. If you say it cannot, then you are saying it is not omnipotent,

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    2 years ago

    Why can't I stir my tea with my donkey?

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    I thought He could do anything. So why can't He create a universe without suffering? Is it because He works in mysterious ways? Well, why can't He work in ways which are not mysterious? Wouldn't that be better?

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