(March 28, 2012 at 5:24 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:(March 26, 2012 at 11:59 am)Xavier Wrote: Meh. Not all theists say God is omnibenevolent, and the God of the Abrahamic religions most definitely isn't.
According to whom???
I've definitely heard William Lane Craig / Plantinga argue this. Craig quoted CS Lewis saying "Aslan is not a tame Lion". Yahweh can be a bit of a bastard if he wants to be. But of course we knew this from the OT, where he is happy to indulge in genocide on a whim.
Their arguments pivot on the fact that god acts in a maximally-benevolent way, not an omni-benevolent one. He might allow a billion to die so that more go to heaven at the rapture. This is flawed for any number of reasons, starting with the Euthyphro Dilemma.
