The Problem of Evil (XXVII)

[robvalue]

Yeah, I think theists make things impossible for themselves when they try to claim God is all powerful. It removes all excuses. If they dropped this part, then they could argue that this is the best possible universe, within god's limitations.

Of course, there's no way to actually arrive at that conclusion with no further information about God, but at least it's consistent with reality.

It's still not consistent with most of the holy books though, which have God explicitly taking credit for causing undesirable things, rather than acknowledging them as an unavoidable side effect.