Atheist arguments and the morality of God.

[John V]

Um, I don't understand this at all. Please explain. Omni=all, benevolent=good. All-good. Not really ambiguous.

Benevolent does not equal good. It would be benevolent for a judge to sentence a serial killer to eat a piece of chocolate cake and go on his way, but few people would think it's good of the judge to do that.

And now you are arguing for a greater good?

No, I'm noting that can be argued. My point is that a creator doesn't necessarily see the avoidance of suffering in his creation as his primary goal. It's an unsupported assertion loaded into the critic's argument. What gives it effect is that many Christians make a knee-jerk reaction in favor of omnibenevolence without thinking it through. Once you take omnibenevolence off the table, there's not much of an argument left.