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| It Is Not Possible For God To Be All-Knowing, All-Powerful, And All-Good. |
| This is an unrealistic description of God that many people of religious background believe in. If God is all-powerful and all-knowing, then he is not all good because of the things that happen on Earth. If he is all-knowing and all-good, then he is not all-powerful for the same reason as above. If God is all-powerful and all-good, then he is not all-knowing because of the same reason. God cannot be all three. |
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Well articulated. And if He isn't all three, then what the hell is he?
Its a path to madness to try and understand him, and slavery to accept him.
If heaven awaits the good, I have seen as many good aithiests as I have believers. We live in a
world where if you are truly trying to do good, then your swimming against "Gods" tide. The
religious would call it a test, I call it oppression. It is not so much the good that benifits from
mans belief in a God. |
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If god were benevolent there would be no discrimination, torture , war, deception, etc.
In addition it is easy to claim something knows everything when you cannot receive an immediate
answer when you ask it. |
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I agree, however in nearly all definitions of god or even a god I have seen being or doing that
which is not possible is sort of a big part of the whole divine gig. |
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Ah, the excellent Epicurean paradox:
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
Epicurus was the mutts nuts. |
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Of course it isn't true that God is all knowing, all powerful and all good. If God were all knowing
then he would know about all the people who are suffering in this world like the people in Africa
for instance! For him to know about that he is either not all powerful or not all kind. If God were
kind then he'd try and stop it every way he could and if he were powerful then he would be able to
stop it if he wanted to. Therefore because there is still suffering in the world God either doesn't
know about it, or can't do anything about it or won't do anything about it. |
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If you cannot do that, you can be wise. |
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That is such a superficial understanding of God. The existence of evil does not contradict any of
the attributes of God. Evil exists as a test. The so-called "problem of evil" is a childish
argument. In the same way as a child can't understand the concept of a dentist causing a little pain
to prevent much greater pain, some adults can't understand the idea that there is a greater good to
all of God's actions. The fact that we don't always see the good doesn't mean there isn't any. |
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My my my some bodys a little sassy pantsss. |
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I don’t think it really matters. If the subject concerns something that people claim no one can
comprehend, then attempting to comprehend such a thing while describing a problem with it is
ludicrous to the those who say you can’t comprehend it. Besides, I doubt you’re going to get
anywhere that way. No matter what contradiction or paradoxical concept you might think up concerning
whatever god you can imagine, the response you’re most likely get is something along the line of
“God works in mysterious ways”. And there’s no rebuttal to that statement because it’s not
really an answer. It just simply means “We’ll never know”. I’d say it’s a dead end road
for you on this one. Maybe you should try another, more tangible religious subject? |
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That's wrong. 3 things have happened since man's initial sin. Noah. Jesus. Return of Jesus.
Two qualify. If you are eager to find out how its possible... Anticipate the 3 option. |
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God is all knowing--true
God is all powerful--true
God is all good--true
I don't see the problem that evil and suffering can still exist, in spite of the apparent
inconsistency.
It simply goes like this: If God is all good and all powerful and all knowing, then evil and
suffering wouldn't exist unless God chose to allow it for awhile. Evil and suffering do exist,
therefore, God has chosen to allow it for awhile. There is no inherent illogic in the syllogism.
One may not like the answer, but that is really up to God, don't you think? |
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Unless...
This All God wanted to create something in it's own image. Something that is one. To create
something other than God.
Quite simple really. Like you are pointing to...for this All God to be, there can't be anything
other. It wouldn't be an All "happening".
The "happening" would not be the All. If it's not the "All", then it is going to be screwed up.
But according to the story...the All God did it anyway. According to the story the All God did it
because the All God all loved it.
According to the story...there was something in the All that disagreed with the All God and said
just what you are saying. To create something other than All proves that All is flawed.
The All God did it anyway and much of the "other" is using itself to say there can't possibly be an
All God.
It's all good to me. |
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