Given my recent attempt to explain logic to the world, I found the following comments thread discussion to be of interest:
Hector: To resolve the problem of evil by resort into _atheism_ is not just unwarranted but logically absurd. I’ve always felt that the existence of evils like Hitler and that Liberian cannibal warlord actually provide a remarkable evidence of the existence of God. Hitler is impossible to explain without positing a devil, and a devil makes no sense without a God to oppose it, therefore God must necessarily exist.[Shorter multiple posters: WTF?]
Hector: I’m not sure what you found unconvincing. I just proved on the basis of pure logic that a devil, and hell, must necessarily exist.
This was on a post by Ross Douthat, which itself was actually pretty interesting.
Well, with that logic, one can take any random good deed and logic your way towards the existence of God. Within the confounds of his own mind he is absolutely right. Of course, in the real world, Hector has no idea what logic really is.