I will argue in the following paper that the existence of a perfectly benevolent, omnipotent, omniscient God comes with the existence of evil. God is not a micromanager; he gave us free will for a reason. I will argue that it is our decision to create evil and not his doing. In order for good to exist evil has to exist.
I'll start off by saying that very few people actually believe that God is, in fact, truly benevolent. Most Christians believe God is the punitive and jealous God of the Old Testament, smiting those he dislikes. Depending on whom you listen to, Hurricane Katrina was retribution from God for abortion, homosexuality, or just general debauchery. I find it very difficult to argue either side in this as I myself do not believe in a God; however, I will take the viewpoint of someone who does and try my best to argue my case.
Christianity says that God gave us free will so we could make our own decisions, decide our own futures, with no direct influence from......
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