Many contradictions arise when studying the Bible and the history of religion. One of the many problems that come up in the Bible is whether or not God is completely benevolent. The existence of evil compromises God's ability to be all knowing, all powerful, and benevolent. This obviously brings about the question of whether or not the perfection God represents is true, or whether he exists as we describe him at all. The recognition of evil in our world does indeed pose a threat to traditional ideas of God, and the Bible is more than willing to display the contradictions involved with the structure of Him and how reality actually exists.
The argument is quite simple really. If God is omniscient and omnipotent, and bad things occur in our world, how is God benevolent? If an evil occurrence can be avoided by God's aid and power, but it still happens, then that sets God at fault in some way, therefore endangering his benevolence. Possibly one of the first examples we are witness......
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