Some misled persons believe that there is no good without god. They take it as far as to say that 'bad' is only the absence of god which leaves us with the question: If he is omnipresent then why is everything not always good? But lets make an exception and say say hes slacking a bit and somehow manages to leave a few places out of his almighty goodness. Wouldn't this make you question the goodness of god? Would a manager in charge of a company knowingly allow its members to suffer from the greatest hardships known to man, while on the job of course, when the manager has full capability of preventing it? Wouldn't we call this manager neglectful, cruel, and inhumane?
Now maybe this is an unfair comparison because he IS god and therefore does not work in the realm of human terms and definitions. Maybe good in god's terms does not have the same definition. Opening this Pandora's box would be a great mistake allowing the unraveling of every religious teaching. Following this logic heaven could mean hell for all we know.
This fundamental spiritual mistake in believing there is no good without a god makes it imposable to consider any religion without a god a 'good' religion. Buddhists are an example of an atheistic religion that would be considered void of goodness.
My solution to all this ethnocentric, close minded, garbage is to state the obvious: no one really knows the true nature of god and should therefore stop acting like they do. Spiritual belief is personal and should not be used to judge what others choose to believe. Really, Shouldn't morality be a little more than just worshiping a deity or otherwise going to hell?
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