Some arguments used against Christianity

In a comment, WB posted these arguments people will often use against Christianity. I thought they would be good to get us going. I'll comment a bit on each one...

1. If God was real then people wouldn't go through pain/hurt and we'd all live like kings.

This is typically what's called by philosophers as "The Problem of Evil". Another way of stating this may go something like this... The Christian God is known as being all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good (and all-present and eternal). If God were all-knowing, He'd know about all the evil that could occur. If God were all-powerful, He could stop all evil from happening. If God were all-good, He wouldn't want evil to occur, so He'd prevent any evil from happening. However, we know evil does occur. Therefore, the Christian God doesn't exist.

So... what's wrong with this reasoning? I'll give a hint: it has to do with what "goodness" really is. Also, what would happen if we got all that we wanted, and we didn't have to work? (Look up Romans 5:3-5 and keep in mind that Paul wrote this during a time of tremendous persecution against Christians. There's more I could write on this, but instead of me lecturing, let's discuss.)

2. The bible contradicts science in that science proves the earth was around millions of years ago and took millions of years to create whereas the 'bible' said the earth was created in 7 days.

A lot of people who are skeptical about Christianity bring up Genesis. There are a couple of ways of dealing with this. The Hebrew word "yom" can either mean "day", "year", or "period of time". Yom Kippur means "Day of Atonement". So it could mean creation took place over 6 periods of time. But even if it took place in six 24-hour days, could God accomplish it with all carbon-dating intact? Absolutely. Again, here people get stuck on thinking about the "how did this occur" rather than "that this occured".

3. God doesn't exist becacause you can't see him (this one is classic)

Ooh... there's a lot to say about this. But here's the question I'd ask... "so even if you could see God right now, what about the blind person?... Ok, then what about the people who are both blind and deaf? etc... Would God not exist to them because they would not be able to see Him?" What do you all think about this? Do you have a different response you'd give?