It appears that there is a direct argument related to God's ability to be omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent simultaneously. The argument against this possibility is accusing malevolence, non-omnipotence, or non-omniscience. This argument is built upon the existence of evil within the world, and compounded by the inhuman treatment of people all over the world. So naturally the question arises: where does this evil in the world come from if God is all powerful, all knowing, and all good?
The proponents of this argument are transposing human characteristics on an entity which is in no way bounded by our characteristics (I'm generalizing the argument to all possible Gods, not just the one of the Bible). A few questions I have for those who hold this argument: Is all death evil? Is evolution evil? Is natural selection evil? Is the fact that millions die daily, yet we as humans do nothing to stop it from occurring, evil? Are we evil?
If we are evil, then who are we to assert what benevolence looks like?
If we are not all powerful, then who are we to assert what omnipotence acts like?
If we are not all knowing, then who are we to assert how omniscience works?
We attribute our own meaning to these words, but beyond the words there is a deeper meaning which can't be thrown around like the semantics of the conversation can be.
The proponents of this argument are transposing human characteristics on an entity which is in no way bounded by our characteristics (I'm generalizing the argument to all possible Gods, not just the one of the Bible). A few questions I have for those who hold this argument: Is all death evil? Is evolution evil? Is natural selection evil? Is the fact that millions die daily, yet we as humans do nothing to stop it from occurring, evil? Are we evil?
If we are evil, then who are we to assert what benevolence looks like?
If we are not all powerful, then who are we to assert what omnipotence acts like?
If we are not all knowing, then who are we to assert how omniscience works?
We attribute our own meaning to these words, but beyond the words there is a deeper meaning which can't be thrown around like the semantics of the conversation can be.
Brevity is the soul of wit.