Wake Forest; God is not a loving God - argument for position you do not personally support

Make a rational argument for a position you do not personally support. For clarity, please state your true opinion first and then argue the opposite position. Consider an issue that has affected you personally.

I believe that God is a loving God.

The argument of Christians that God is a loving God is not evidenced from the events that go on in the world. It is universally agreed that killing of the innocent and taking advantage of the weak is immoral. However, suffering permeates everyone's lives, whether good or bad. For example, natural disasters ruin and destroy hundreds and thousands of people. The earthquake that hit Haiti a couple of years ago are still debilitating the people from being able to function properly. There were more innocent lives than the wicked that were killed that day and onward. The God who created and controls all things did not stop the innocent from dying in this event, or generically, in events of the past. Millions of more people die and suffer from diseases and the actions of foul people. Fundamentally, God created the natural order of society by natural selection, with the strong surviving and the weak dying. This natural tendency of "survival of the fittest" created people like Adolf Hitler. The whole system God created is warped so that these killings and sufferings never stop. The amount of evil that goes around in the world cannot point to a loving God.

The earthquake that hit Haiti is still affecting the people, who remain unable to function.
Okay. You need to be specific here. How do you know they are unable to function? Have you been to Haiti? This claim is not convincing.


God took the lives of more innocent people than wicked people.
How do you know this? Did you know the victims of the Haiti earthquake? This is a serious conclusion that you're coming to, and you don't have anything to back it up. To be honest, you sound like you're making this stuff up.


What? 1) Why would you say generically? It is unnecessary and confusing. 2) What are you trying to say? That God has killed innocent people since the beginning of time? Then say that. Don't just mention "events in the past" if you aren't going to explain them. It makes your argument hollow.


Oh my. Do NOT talk about Hitler in your college essay. It is crude, immature, and stale. Furthermore, you don't even connect this argument to your main idea. Thus, besides being offensive, this claim is unnecessary.

The majority of this essay sounds fake. You need evidence to back up your claims and convince the reader. I understand that you personally do not believe the point you're trying to prove, but you need to follow the prompt.