Epicurus riddle.

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To me the most sensible defence of God is that he is indeed not all powerful. He could then still be "a nice guy", and would not be responsible for the bad stuff. He didn't create anything, but he is acting as an agent to hold back "worse stuff" that could be happening. He's like our celestial Men in Black.

That would at least be in line with the evidence, although it would still amount to an unecessary assumption. He would actually be far more worthy of praise/worship, as he's doing a real selfless job with limited powers and resources, instead of scratching his arse while kids get raped.