Josephus " Much of the problems are human inflicted and we have the God given intelligence to discover the causes and eradicate them."

Amen to that Josephus, and how right you are.

Humans have worked out ways to deal with unwanted pregnancies, and indeed how to stop pregnancy beginning at all.
We can also produce babies outside of the uterus, and arrange for infertile couples to have children.

We know how we can help dying people to die when they wish to.

We have found out that homosexual, transgender and trans-sexual people are just another human sexual orientation, like heterosexuals are.

We also know there is no 'reality' at all in believing in any of the hundreds (thousands?) of gods the people of our world have dreamed up for millions of years.....

What a wonderful universe we live in!

"If God existed where should he be spending his time - making astronomical wonders or fixing children so they do not get cancer or healing amputees. "
Hitler lost it , having Parkinson's and probably syphilis, and with a healthy mind could have won. Genghiz Khan had respiratory perhaps TB and a cure could have made Europe Mongolian or a cemetery , as head amputation is a bit too difficult to repair. Cancer won't exist after global radiation is delivered by Putin and Trump and neither will Nazis, Mongols, Russians or Yank-Australians.

Josephus,

You fail to differentiate between proximal and ultimate causes.

<<Much of the problems are human inflicted and we have the God given intelligence to discover the causes and eradicate them.>>

While humans may be the proximal cause of much of the world's ills, what so many Christians who make this limp excuse fail to realise, is that their god, if it exists, would be the ultimate cause of all the world's problems, since it knew what would happen in advance, and knows what is happening now, and still let/lets it happen anyway.

You don't get to credit God for humanity's positive acheivments, only to deny is hand in any of the bad that occurs.

The weather bureau gets abused when rain does or does not fall. They foresee it and are to blame.

nicknamenick,

The weather bureau don't control the whether, and the fact that they foresee it and allow it to happen anyway has nothing to do with indifference.

Hi AJ
Then you would agree to President God checking your ballot and correcting the wrong choice of candidate ? He would block your bankcard for over-consuming when you withdraw cash? Your voice is deleted when giving wrong opinions?