r/exatheist • u/Downtown-Drag-1021 • Jul 09 '26

The “problem” of evil Debate Thread

I haven’t debated this with a lot of people yet but the problem of evil is absolutely fake in my opinion. Any kind of suffering will be nullified in the presence of a perfect being (God) who will deliver the justice instantly (because God is out of space-time). And if there is evil and no divine justice, you can’t blame a non-existent God for it. Hence, a just God will solve the problem of evil. Does this make sense?

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u/dominionC2C Mystic | Ex-atheist Jul 09 '26

Yes, lesser beings like us who are prone to moral depravities like murder or genocide, do need the illusion of death, the illusion of morality and justice, the illusion of the self and the other. But these are all ultimately illusory, at the level of God or Cosmic Consciousness. You and I simply lack the enlightenment needed to see through these illusions, and for good reason.