Problem of good and evil for an atheist

[downbeatplumb]

Xtianity doesn't propose that God is unknowable Evie, just not completely knowable. Otherwise how would we explain the bible?

The construct of God (as perfection/ creator/ etc) necessitates his attributes. All loving isn't quite accurate. To quote Arcanus:

"(Benevolence isn't) “the unwavering drive to do good,” (or) going so far as to state that it is “the lack of power to do anything but good.” This does not exactly correspond to the meaning of it within Christian theism, which asserts that bene-volence means nothing more substantive than that God possesses no malevolence—exhibiting or wishing malicious harm to others—against which his benevolence might compete, but leaves room for God to possess more attributes than just benevolence, such as his just wrath against sin."

I find this a poor argument, just a linguistic trick to excuse the god of the bibles little quirks, (like killing all but one family and two of every animal and turning people into food condiments)