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Originally Posted by Cynosure
If there is a God, it stands to reason that he/she (surely, such a God would be both and neither) would be an intelligent, sentient, and, yes, even caring being
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I'm going to allow Epicurus address this:
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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?
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The point Epicurus makes isn't that a god or gods are either not omnipotent, are malevolent, etc., but that you can't apply standard reason to theology. You can't apply reason to the supernatural. You can't apply reason to god.