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4540, God, evil, omnipotence
Posted by McDeezNuts, Tue May-20-03 06:16 AM
What do you think of this quote:

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, Greek philosopher (342-270 BC)


{I have another post in the archives dealing with God, omnipotence and free will, that is partially relevant to this:
http://www.okayplayer.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=13950&forum=DCForumID1&viewmode=threaded }