"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?"

-Epicarus

So what does this mean to you? It absolutely makes sense to me seeing as how "He" is the all knowing creator but allows unjust actions to happen to men, women, and children.

Is Walt Disney willing to prevent anime , but not able ? Then he is not a a very good cartoonist .
Is he able , but not willing ? Then he is secretly half Japanese .
Is he both able and willing ? Then whence cometh hentai ?
Is he neither able nor willing ? Then why call him Walt Disney ?

That has nothing to do with anything, much like the content of your normal posts.

Replace "evil" with "suffering" and we have what I think is the most convincing argument against the existence of an omnibenevolent God.

Epicurus btw.

This post was edited by Voyaging on Aug 8 2014 04:28pm

...this is probably the 100th time someone has tried to make a thread about this...and for future reference it is Epicurus .

holy shit 11/10

post of the year

...a 1000 years from now people will still be making threads it

I guess the typical response would be that "god has a plan" and that what we view as "evil" serves a purpose or something.