“I worship nothing. Not a good lie nor a dark one. If nature is proof of God's amazing creation then I have truly seen the light, and the light is black. Nature is genius at its most cruel and savage. No benevolent God could have come up with such an outrage.”
The speaker rejects any deity, arguing that nature's cruelty contradicts the idea of a benevolent creator.
In simple terms: Nature's harshness disproves a kind god.
Suffering challenges theistic belief.
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Some argue that suffering can coexist with a higher purpose or free will.
