Er, can somebody that explain the following to me?

Question

This is a dilema I've thought about for a long time. I myself do place my faith in science.

Here are 3 statements:

1. God is omnipotent.
2. God is ominibenevolent.
3. Evil exists in the universe.

Obviously, all 3 cannot be true.

If 1 is false, then god is both absolutely good, but lacks the necessary power to fight evil.

If 2 is false. If god has the power to eradicate evil, yet he didn't, then he is not always benevolent.

The last statement cannot be false, becuase evil does exist in the universe, sadly.

Please tell me your thoughts, and please forgive me if I have somehow offended you.

I myself am skeptical about the creationist theory and I believe that religion is unable to explain everything in this universe.

Answer 1

I agree with you.

Unfortantly the religious people will not answer the question and just preach to you about something un related to what you have just said. I have tried before but they just don't get it!

Answer 2

Naturally, 1 and 3 are true.
However in 2, the ominibenevolent word is not even in the dictionary. Hence, your definition is of your own doing. However, God does have the power to eradicate all evil, but this is an ongoing task where God will eventually turn all evil into good. Right now, He also will not violate our free will. Free will is a mystery. So the real answer is that GOD WILL TURN ALL EVIL INTO GOOD. Quite benevolent, wouldn't you say?

Answer 3

Some consider these divine qualities inconsistant. God has VIRTUALLY unlimited authority or influence, and is "all-good, all-knowing, all-powerful" deity. The word "omnibenevolence" may be interpreted to mean perfectly just, all-loving, fully merciful, or any number of other qualities, depending on precisely how "good" is understood. As such, there is little agreement over how an "omnibenevolent" being would behave. What you have raised is known as "the problem of evil." The problem of reconciling the existence of evil or suffering in the world with the existence of a god. I'm not offended. Religion is not pure logic, in my view, and you raise a valid point.

Answer 4

There is a God! We live in a fallen world where Satan is the ruler of this world. It all took place in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of good and evil. Sin entered this world. God formed us in his image and gave us the freedom of choice. He did not want to have superior control over us. We messed it up and live in a world of sin. Every day we have choices the bible says choose life this day. God could cure all sicknesses, he could save all people but he won't and he doesn't because he has temporarily given satan rulership of this world. But he is coming back the day and the hour are unknown and Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire and he will rebuild his kingdom here on earth. When sin entered this world Gods perfect plan of us living in a beautiful garden with no death was ruined. So his second plan was to bring salvation through his son Jesus Christ. If you don't believe that Satan is the ruler of this world then just look around, turn on the news and wonder um then why so much evil. If evil does not exist, then why do we see mothers/fathers killing thier children, robberies, murders, rapes, abductions happening every day. Evil is real, Hell is real, Jesus and Heaven are very real and exist. Choose this day whom you will serve. Choose Life. As for me and my house we choose to serve the Lord Jesus Christ.

Answer 5

Dear ch_ris_l,

Science does not need faith. Science depends on materialistic proof. So, findings of science are apparently facts. Science deals with how nature and its contents behave in different conditions and how human can control them.

You should not compare religion with science. Because, religion is a set of rules/regulations how human will lead their lives on earth. Religion demands two(only!) fundamental faiths. Faith on unseen omnipotent God, whose existence is not provable directly and faith on afterlife judgment. How people are to lead their life on earth is communicated through some teachers nominated by God(we call those teachers prophets).

Everything that God created like matter, energy, time, space, living bodies etc. have been given specific religion(rules/regulations) to follow. None can deviate from their assigned nature or religion. Only, human is given the ability to deviate from the assigned religion. e.g. in religion human is asked to speak the truth but human has the ability to tell a lie.

Evil is the force who is given the ability to induce human and to deviate them from being fair(religious). Human is also given the intelligence, knowledge and logic to assess which is right and which is wrong. Now, it is up to human how he will lead his life on earth. God wants to see who obeys the unseen unproven(directly) God. God will judge in the afterlife.

Answer 6

I would way all three can be true. You are assuming an omnibenevolent God must eradicate evil. However it is through our encounters with "evil" that we grow and better ourselves. If all was good, we would become complacent and stagnant in our growth as a people. Therefore, I believe God's tolerance of the existence of evil actually benefits us. Otherwise, how could we claim to have Free Will if we couldn't make the wrong decisions.

Answer 7

I am so glad that we as Christians look for the context of everything. The direct answer to all the above question is stated below.
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard
trimmed.
As the barber began to work, They talked about so many things
and various subjects.

When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said:

"I don't believe that God exists."

"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God
doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick
people?

Would there be abandoned children?
If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain.
I can't imagine loving a God who would allow all of these things."

The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he
didn't
want to start an argument.
The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.
Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with
long,
stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and
un-kept.

The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he
said
to the barber:
"You know what? Barbers don't exist."

"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber.
"I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"

"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because
if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair
and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."

"Ah, but barbers DO exist!
What happens is, people do not come to me."

Please forgive me if I have offended you somehow†

Answer 8

Religion lies... and people who follow them lie... religions were the first to define good and evil... nature evolves slowly and as it reacts to the planet it changes the life on it... the development of human conscience came with an understanding of right and wrong... As this occurred people began to meet resistance from the churches... and the observation of our right and wrong and the Church's definitions of good and evil.. are opposite... the only conclusion that makes sense is that evil defined good and evil.. while human conscience naturally evolved along with human the human knowledge....

Answer 9

1. God is presumably omnipotent.
2. Not eradicating evil does not make one not omni benevolent. To impose good on people who do not wish it is not benevolent. To eradicate evil would deprive individuals of their ability to choose.

All three can be true. It is your interpretation of #2 that fails.

Answer 10

God isn't always benevolent. Read the bible sometime. One guy instantly fell dead cause he touched the ark. Didn't matter that the ark was about to fall.
God is not a superhero here to protect us whether we want him or not. We are supposed to follow him. Evil is here to tempt us and he gave us the free will to choose which life we want to live.
You can have a "good time" now and do what you want or you can do good and hope for a rewarding afterlife. Your choice.

Answer 11

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