(July 16, 2013 at 8:24 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: In a nutshell:
God is... (pick at most two):
A. Omnipotent
B. Omniscient
C. Omnibenevolant
A+B: God knows of evil and can stop it but chooses not to.
B+C: God knows of evil and wishes to stop it but can't.
A+C: God can stop evil and wishes to but is not always aware.
Why don't you use what the scriptures actually refer to, omniscience, omnipotent and omnipresent. You can not find the word benevolent used to describe God any where in the Bible. I'm not saying God was not benevolent, benevolence is a part of love. However God is not referred to as omnilove, why, because He says there are things He hates ie. sin. If God was omnibenevolent why do you limit Him to only two of what He is, could it be you have to take something away from Him to satisfy your disbelief. To me that's being dishonest. But just to satisfy you I pick A+B the scriptures point to it.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
