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>>20462895
Anon, in the 19th arrondissement you have a very cute Orthodox church in the middle of nowhere, only the locals know about it, you enter via a small alleyway at
93 Rue de Crimée, 75019 Paris.
It's very quiet, and very peaceful. I used to go there back when I was living nearby and it's a really special place.
Hope you will enjoy it as much as I have.
And don't listen to all the people saying Paris is shit, most of them never came here.

You won't learn that in books.
The appreciation of music isn't taught or learned, it is a gift from God, a birth talent.
It is akin to the detestation of whores. If one doesn't feel it, one will consider the idea irrational and arbitrary.

Faggots here just love to complain in order to feel better about themselves. You hate this board, yet you come here.
The truth is, you don't hate this board, you don't hate the people here, but you want to feel superior so you act like a massive fucking faggot and claim /lit/ is a midwit trap, a stupid board, that fucking /a/ is smarter than /lit/, because you know so much better than everyone else here.
I used to be that way, and then I met actual interesting people who view things positively, and do not spend their lives complaining like the average 50 year old housewife, that's what you are. A pathetic, frustrated, improperly fucked, depreciating old woman.
This demoralising trope is a massive cope that can be seen all over 4Chan, not just on /lit/, every board fucking sucks, yet, everyone comes here regularly.
You spend your days complaining but you don't have anything to offer.
I come to /lit/ every once in a while, sometimes I find people with which I have interesting debates, sometimes I write poetry and post it here, and anons give me feedback, sometimes I read their work, and I give my feedback.
I'm just tired of people like you, if you don't like it here just go away, but you're just here to complain.
This place isn't as bad as you claim it is, but you god damn wish that it was.

>>18285702
God can only be good if evil exists, the same way the concept of darkness can only exist if light exists, because darkness is the absence of light, and it could be argued that good is the absence of evil.
Therefore the question of the existence of evil is irrelevant. If evil didn't exist, the entire concept of morality wouldn't exist.
Even more, greatness wouldn't exist ; heroes do not exist without oppression, courage does not exist without fear.
All the beauty of the world couldn't exist if it wasn't for evil, you wouldn't be humble unless you've felt worthless at least once, you wouldn't be kind and empathetic if you had not suffered yourself.
I find it extremely presumptuous to question the existence of God based on your own concept of morality. You think evil shouldn't exist, and if God allows evil, then he isn't a god, because a god should prevent evil, according to you.
But why should it be true?
God created us in his image, he gave us free will because he loves us.
He could have smothered us with love and created a world free of pain, like the garden of Eden. But it is my conception that God allowed the snake to exist, even tacitely, because Adam and Eve weren't good, they just existed in a world without morality. They weren't good because they rejected evil, they were "good" because evil simply did not exist.
Is it not true that love isn't about removing evil?
A father who deeply loves his child will make him competent, strong, he will confront him to the hardships of the world.
A father who loves himself will protect his child from the world, so that the child can remain dependant and weak.
A father who loves his child will respect his child, and if you respect your child, you will have confidence in his ability to make the right choice.
This is essentially what God is doing by confronting us to evil. He is giving us the ability to make a choice, whether it is the right one or the wrong one is up to us.