Re: The Fallacy of Good vs. Evil: Christianity is inherently flawed
Bad reasoning.
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The problem with this world view is that it creates a dualism, and NOT a monotheistic world view. You now have two opposing forces, competing for some object (mans soul), thus you either have two gods, OR evil does no truly exist.
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Why do you assume that God and Satan exist on equal footing when the text makes clear that they don't? You do have two competing forces, but that doesn't mean that they're engaging in symmetrical warfare. You'd have a point if Christians believed that the outcome of the battle was undetermined, but we don't.
We believe that God is bound to win in the end. The struggle exists not as a test for Him, but as a test for us.
We believe that both Good and Evil exist, but that in the end Good is bound to triumph over Evil. Might that be a bit optimistic? Surely. But it's certainly not inconsistent.
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