Epicurus riddle.

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It's more of a paradox than a riddle actually, since theists propose the existence of an omni-benevolent, omnipotent and omniscient deity when we live in a reality where shit happens.

At this point the Christian will become frantic and defend their god concept's behaviour by falling upon the excuse of "free will", which is pathetic to behold because it still doesn't come close to resolving the paradox, but then when have they ever cared for logical arguments anyhow?

Why can't Christians admit they believe in a tyrant deity? Why all the layers of depiction stacked up like a jengo tower ready to fall over? The scriptures say God's an ass since you've got the character Moses who literally describes him as an ass, God admits to being an ass, anyone who's not an apologist recognises his character's an ass.

The Epicurus paradox is resolved once you get rid of this "omni-benevolence" thingy, but noooo, Christians can't publicly confess they're part of an evil cult that desires all non-believers outside their circles to burn in Hell, that would be too easy.

I thought that you couldn't be omnipotent and omniscient at the same time, so isn't it just one big paradox no matter how you slice it? I agree with what you're saying of course, but I think even without the omni-benevolent thing it'd still be a paradox. Simply because you know what you are going to do so therefore you can't do anything because you are tied to what you know you are going to do. Either way, there is no freedom and therefore no omnipotence.