Understanding Epicurus's Argument

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Understanding Epicurus’s argument is not the difficult part of the ideological equation, the real problem lies in the idea that we will never be able to understand God’s intentions or motivations. This scapegoat allows Epicurus’s ideas to be ignored rather than refuted. The only way to combat these ideas for a person of faith, is to not truly address them at all. In fact, this argument is often the reason why people of faith start to falter in their beliefs. If one thinks hard enough about these questions instead of just brushing them off, the idea of an omnipotent being becomes hard to reconcile with reason.

The only way to truly combat religion is enhancing our knowledge of the world and universe that surrounds us. I believe that the reason

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