The Christian apologetic mantra these days seems to be that God is needed as the foundation of logic, morality, and beauty. I don't claim to understand that argument but I ran across an article which points out the inconsistencies. The Christian God of the Fundamentalists is omniscient and omnipotent. Examples are given of how these qualities are contradictory. This same God is documented in the Bible as being a vengeful, jealous being who allows for cruel and unusual punishment. No sound moral base there. And, as we all know, there are many ugly things all around us which have strong God ties.
The arguments are interesting and the comments after the article are quite revealing. It's worth a read just to get an idea of what the issues are in today's apologetic Christian circles.
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