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Originally Posted by The Batlord
I call bull****. The Christian god is supposed to be all-powerful and all-knowing. So logically, nothing has ever happened, is happening, or will ever happen without God's knowledge and consent. If God couldn't stop it, he wouldn't be all-powerful. If he didn't know about it, he wouldn't be all-knowing...
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Quite right. And further -
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then He is not omnipotent. Is He able, but not willing? Then He is malevolent. Is He both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is He neither able nor willing? Then why call Him God?
Epicurus (c. 341 - c. 270 BC)