The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good"

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The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good"

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RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good"

April 29, 2013 at 4:50 am

(April 29, 2013 at 12:40 am)Godschild Wrote: Omnibenevolent, this is something non-believers made up so they could have their argument, scripture does not portray God as omnibenevolent. Doing away with this pretense would destroy half of what you argue.

And turn god into your garden variety near omnicidal dickwaffle. So much better.

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The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Venom7513 - April 28, 2013 at 9:52 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Darkstar - April 28, 2013 at 10:03 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Drich - April 28, 2013 at 11:26 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Venom7513 - April 29, 2013 at 10:07 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by FallentoReason - April 28, 2013 at 10:27 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Drich - April 28, 2013 at 11:29 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by FallentoReason - April 28, 2013 at 11:34 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Drich - April 28, 2013 at 11:45 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by FallentoReason - April 28, 2013 at 11:29 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Drich - April 28, 2013 at 11:37 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by FallentoReason - April 28, 2013 at 11:43 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by FallentoReason - April 28, 2013 at 11:54 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Minimalist - April 29, 2013 at 12:13 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Godschild - April 29, 2013 at 12:40 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Esquilax - April 29, 2013 at 4:50 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by goodnews - April 29, 2013 at 10:06 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Neo-Scholastic - April 30, 2013 at 10:21 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Ryantology - April 30, 2013 at 10:36 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by A_Nony_Mouse - May 1, 2013 at 12:27 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by purplepurpose - April 29, 2013 at 11:08 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Venom7513 - April 29, 2013 at 3:51 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by goodnews - April 29, 2013 at 12:12 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Godschild - April 30, 2013 at 11:07 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by ThomM - May 1, 2013 at 1:09 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Godschild - May 1, 2013 at 5:04 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by ThomM - May 3, 2013 at 7:54 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by MysticKnight - April 30, 2013 at 9:32 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Venom7513 - May 1, 2013 at 4:26 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by A_Nony_Mouse - April 30, 2013 at 10:07 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Drich - May 1, 2013 at 10:00 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by goodnews - May 1, 2013 at 3:25 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Godschild - May 1, 2013 at 3:43 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Neo-Scholastic - May 1, 2013 at 8:21 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by goodnews - May 1, 2013 at 9:34 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Godschild - May 2, 2013 at 12:43 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Ryantology - May 1, 2013 at 5:21 pm

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by goodnews - May 3, 2013 at 4:36 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by Godschild - May 3, 2013 at 5:39 am

RE: The Problem of Evil, Free Will, and the "Greater Good" - by goodnews - May 3, 2013 at 6:56 am

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