since god is omnipotent enough to create the universe & anything he wishes?

Question

then why is total benevolence seemingly beyond him.

unless his true motives are sinnister

lion;
pretty convenient.
not very fair or encouraging of a deity

john;
eat me
if you cant even answer simple questions.
i might quiz you about your useless answers
who are you to personaly judge.
dont like the heat get out of the kitchen

john;
people like you are the reason others despise religion

Answer 1

If god created all things he created cancer, which is neither kind nor generous.

Let people believe what they want... I don't care. But for them to claim their god created ALL things... they must acknowledge the bad things, too; cancer, viruses, plagues, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Down Syndrome, mosquitoes with malaria or West Nile virus, ticks with Lyme disease, fleas, murderers, thieves and rapists, smog, natural disasters; tornado's, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, lightening. Diarrhea, cramps, headaches. Schizophrenia. Piles, hemorrhoids, gout. You get the point.....

Answer 2

You surely dont know God. God is omnipotent, and almighty. And God can do anything He chooses to do, and God is a benevolent God, caring about everyone. Nothing is impossible to God.
But God gives us all free choice He wont make someone accept Him or live for Him. If one wants to continue to lie, cheat and steal, thats their choice, or any of the other sins.
Gods motives are pure, and so are the motives of a TRUE Christian, not just somene wearing that so called label.
God wants our heart, and when He has our heart, we will do as Jesus did, and be glad to.
OUr motives are pure and so are Gods. God doesnt have any sinnister thoughts, but the devil is totally sinnister, tho he will use something that appears as good to destroy us. Thats his plan. the devils motives are always to take us to ruin destruction and eventual hell.
You are on dangerous ground mocking God. What if you are wrong? Are you willing to pay the price? Get a Bible today, Ask God to show you truth, ask Him if He is real. Do as He says to do, and keep praying and studying, and doing only as God says, and watch things change for you. You will have peace that passes all understanding, and a joy, and a love, that you cant even imagine.
Why do you feel the need to mock God What are you angry about? God has done nothing to hurt you He sent Jesus to die for us all, including you. What more do you want from Him. He will give you your hearts desires once you do become a follower of Jesus Christ. Those of us that do NOW Him, know what you are missing, and will continue to pray for you. Its not too late to turn to Jesus, but choose Him soon, foronce He returns, or you die, its too late.
Jesus is coming soon. The Bible prophecies are being fullfilled as I speak.
May God lead you in your search and may you Find al that you ever needed. Jesus Christ.

Answer 3

Because love cannot be forced however much God may wish that everyone would love Him. Either people have free will and therefore there exists the possibility that they might reject Him or they don't. He's done all that He can do on His part to save everyone who wants to be saved, now all we (or anyone else who wants to be saved) have to do is accept His gift of salvation.
One can rephrase the "problem of evil" however many times and however many different ways one wants, but the answer is going to still be the same: a universe with love (even if it entails the possibility of evil) is better than a universe without love (even if it entails no possibility of evil). Until you can show that this is not so, the answer stands.

Answer 4

Nothing is beyond God. Total benevolence would result in increased chaos. God does not tolerate sin. If He had gone about His own way, He would have merely destroyed humans and created a new set of creation, but He loved His creation (humans) that He gave them a chance to live. For satan's case, God offered him a chance to repent and turn away, but satan chose to be the odd one out, so he dragged himself down and is trying to do the same for the human race.

My friend, the thought of God being totally benevolent belongs to lazy people only, who only wish that God would be so......so that they can just do whatever they wish, and have not a care in the world for the consequences....Just think a little further and we may not be faraway from anarchy and destruction to the human race, preview of hell.

Answer 5

Classical Christian theology identifies God's omnipotence with a quality of his nature, not his will. It means that God requires nothing other than himself to sustain his own existence. Therefore, classical Christian theology would assert that there are rightly limits on what God can do-- he cannot become evil or create another being equivalent to himself, for example. The identification of omnipotence with God's will is called voluntarism, and this is a theological movement which seeks to preserve God's sovereignty by emphasizing God's power. Voluntarism has the unfortuante effect of rendering God capricious and untrustworthy. No one can coerce you to accept these kinds of distinctions as being true, or to believe in them, but they are pretty basic, and can be found in any good dictionary of theology and philosophy, which might be better source for your inquiry into religious faith and conviction than Yahoo answers.

Answer 6

It is not, you just do not have the ability to understand Him, Bible actually says this about people like you.

1Cr 2:14 But people who aren't Christians can't understand these truths from God's Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them because only those who have the Spirit can understand what the Spirit means.
1Cr 2:15 We who have the Spirit understand these things, but others can't understand us at all.
(NLT)

Answer 7

By last count you have asked 167 questions. From my review not one of them was to obtain knowledge only to deny and denigrate Christians (for the most part)

You need to get a life.

Answer 8

Of course it is sinnister!

Answer 9

DRINK!

This is on the list, right?

Answer 10

And who are you? a r....................man?
jtm