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Why believe in a god?
If the gods have the will to remove
evil and cannot, then they are not all-powerful. If they are neither able nor
willing, they are neither all-powerful nor benevolent. If they are both able
and willing to annihilate evil, why does evil exist?
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Epicurus 341-270 BCE
On the basis of science and humanity
the Humanist prescription for living well is
freedom / happiness / virtue