Christianity; the World's Most Violently Persecuted Religion

[Sheldon]

Bel may not be the most diplomatic in his approach, but I think he has a point in saying that we need to engage the actual arguments and conceptions of theologians.  It's easy to start from what we imagine has to be the case, only to find that when we get to the end, some clever Christer has already anticipated our objection.

Diplomacy isn't necessary, I'm pretty thick skinned, but I tire of someone lording and posturing all the time, mentioning great historical philosophers constantly, but failing to offer anything from them that directly addresses the post or point.

Yes it is clear one cannot address all concepts of deity at once, that is pretty obvious, and since Christianity has approx. 45k different sects and denominations globally, then of course apologists are ging to handwave objections away when it doesn't mesh exactly with their subjective version of theistic belief, but then I had not remotely suggested all theists believed in an omniscient or omnipotent deity, or that they all held the same idea of what those words mean for the deity they believe in, nor would I. Nor had I suggested no one had ever tried to rationalise the contradictions innate in concepts like omniscience and omnipotence, I have just have never found any of the arguments very compelling, if he thinks there is a compelling one, all he had to was offer it, without the arrogant and belittling posturing.