(May 23, 2013 at 8:53 am)John V Wrote:(May 22, 2013 at 7:25 pm)Praetorian Wrote: Uh...that's my whole argument. If he is those things, then he must do certain things. If you don't believe he is those things, then he is limited. AFAIK, no Christian doctrine ever said God was limited. Except the whole chariots of iron bit.I don't subscribe to omnibenevolence, so your whole arguments fails.
You don't have to, but what if you were to leave a loaded gun in a room full of children, and one those children took the gun and kill someone, I'm quite sure you would be criminally charged.
God is in that position in regard to his creation, omnibenevolent or not.