RE: Argument from evil, restated
May 24, 2013 at 12:12 am
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2013 at 12:16 am by Drich.)
Don't hurt yourself trying to pat yourself on the back ryan, because if you thought you tore this argument to shreds then you did not understand what was being discussed.
The primis is simple. The paradox fails because Epricus could not have known the God of the bible as He wrote his supposed paradox before the Bible was compiled, thus depriving him of the knowledge needed to establish the paradox in the first place. At best what has happened is epiey was speaking of the only gods that were avaible to him. (The greek and roman gods) who (some of which) do actually claim to be Omni max-ish beings.
The God of the bible makes no such claim. The God of the bible simply states that He is the Alpha and the omega, the Beginning and end of everything. (Which mean He is what He wants to be when He wants to be it.) This allows Him to power to yield to stupid paradoxical foolishness like epiey's (and some of your) best efforts.
So without a claim to Omni benevolence the paradox fails. Unless you are speaking of the greek and roman gods who this paradox was original written against.
The primis is simple. The paradox fails because Epricus could not have known the God of the bible as He wrote his supposed paradox before the Bible was compiled, thus depriving him of the knowledge needed to establish the paradox in the first place. At best what has happened is epiey was speaking of the only gods that were avaible to him. (The greek and roman gods) who (some of which) do actually claim to be Omni max-ish beings.
The God of the bible makes no such claim. The God of the bible simply states that He is the Alpha and the omega, the Beginning and end of everything. (Which mean He is what He wants to be when He wants to be it.) This allows Him to power to yield to stupid paradoxical foolishness like epiey's (and some of your) best efforts.
So without a claim to Omni benevolence the paradox fails. Unless you are speaking of the greek and roman gods who this paradox was original written against.
