Thread: So I recently realized...

1. God is omniscient: it knows everything that it is logically possible to know.
2. God is omnipotent: it is able to do anything that it is logically possible to do.
3. God is omnibenevolent: it is of universal goodwill and desires to do every good thing that can possibly be done.

With particular regard to the problem of evil, the following inferences can plausibly be drawn from these three basic properties:

4. If God is omniscient, it is fully aware of all the pain and suffering that occurs.
5. If God is omnipotent, it is able to preventall pain and suffering.
6. If God is omnibenevolent, it wishes to prevent all pain and suffering.

If propositions 4 to 6 are true and if God (as defined by propositions 1 to 3) exists, it follows that there will be no pain and suffering in the world, because God will have followed its inclunations and prevented it. But there is - manifestly - pain and suffering in the world, so we must conclude either that God does not exist, or that it does not have one or more of the properties set out in propositions 1 to 3. In sum, the problem of evil appears to have the implication, extremely unpalatable for the theist, namely that God doesn't know what is going on, doesn't care, or can't do anything about it; or that it doesn't exist.



The Rebuttal

1. Gotta have faith!

Originally Posted by Mad Pino Rage

1. God is omniscient: it knows everything that it is logically possible to know.
2. God is omnipotent: it is able to do anything that it is logically possible to do.
3. God is omnibenevolent: it is of universal goodwill and desires to do every good thing that can possibly be done.

With particular regard to the problem of evil, the following inferences can plausibly be drawn from these three basic properties:

4. If God is omniscient, it is fully aware of all the pain and suffering that occurs.
5. If God is omnipotent, it is able to preventall pain and suffering.
6. If God is omnibenevolent, it wishes to prevent all pain and suffering.

If propositions 4 to 6 are true and if God (as defined by propositions 1 to 3) exists, it follows that there will be no pain and suffering in the world, because God will have followed its inclunations and prevented it. But there is - manifestly - pain and suffering in the world, so we must conclude either that God does not exist, or that it does not have one or more of the properties set out in propositions 1 to 3. In sum, the problem of evil appears to have the implication, extremely unpalatable for the theist, namely that God doesn't know what is going on, doesn't care, or can't do anything about it; or that it doesn't exist.



The Rebuttal

1. Gotta have faith!

Lol I'm agnostic, so I tend to agree with you, but you being able to logically disprove god's existence with word play is like an ant trying to figure out the human genome.