(August 24, 2013 at 9:50 am)discipulus Wrote: Ok...
I grant your point.
The propositions:
P1. An Omnibenevolent God exists
and..
P2. Evil Exists
are not logically contradictory.
In defending this view, we would be delving into theodicies and theology, which means I would have to do a lot of teaching on Anselmian Perfect Being Theology and the attributes of God under such a view as the scholastics held.
In defending the view, a definition of "evil" would have to be given as well.
I think a more powerful and explicit formulation would be along the lines of:
P1) God is omnibenevolent, omnipotent and omniscient.
P2) God's actions are in line with and a reflection of his nature.
P3) God created the universe.
P4) The universe contains evil, and evil is not a reflection of God's nature.
C) ?
Whether or not that entails a contradiction is hard for me to say. This is the sort of issue the Free-will Defense is supposed to guard against I think, which I don't think works (hence the thread :p).
