response 1 of 27:

Jan 31 15:38 UTC 1995

I think a Christian apologist will tell you that your
statements assume definitions of "good" and "bad" that
are too narrow.

response 3 of 27:

Feb 1 07:54 UTC 1995

Md, most Christians, if asked, would concede that bad things happen.  It 
doesn't matter what definition *I* use, just the definition *they* use.  
I think that the paradox shows some sort of logical inconsistancy in a 
person's thinking that believes all three at the same time.  

What do you think?  (BTW, what is a Christian apologist?)

Randall, I've entered an item concering that very paradox.  Check it out.

response 5 of 27:

Feb 18 09:38 UTC 1995

But think about it, suzi.  If you were all powerful, would *you* permit bad
things to happen?  If God is all powerful, isn't he more powerful than 
Satan?  Couldn't he make Satan behave?

response 7 of 27:

Feb 20 23:23 UTC 1995

I do not think god is all-powerful or all knowing...why would we exist?
Why wouldn't we just exist only in God's mind?  I think without people,
God's existance would be boring.....don't you think?

response 9 of 27:

Feb 23 03:50 UTC 1995

Not at all.  I believe that God is all good.  Just that He, in His desire
to have his creation, man, be happy and able to return His love willingly,
gave man the ability to think for himself.  Man, in turn, made mistakes.
Just as a parent could prevent a child (particularly a grown, reasoning
child) from making mistakes, God, if He so desired, could scoop us all
up in His great hands and save us from ourselves (hence His Son coming to
earth).  But He gave us the power to act on our own (He could have made
us all God-worshipping robots) and, therefore, allows us to make our own
decisions. albeit some wrong ones.  Just as a loving Father has to let
his children go, hoping they have enough foundation to do the right things,
God loves us enough to give us that freedom. The hardest, but most loving
thing a parent can do for a grown child is to give him "wings" and let him 
fly on his own.  The bottom line is, I think a *less* loving God would
have created us all as automatons.

response 11 of 27:

Feb 25 10:10 UTC 1995

So you are saying that an "all good" God *lets* evil happen without
doing anything about it?

response 13 of 27:

Feb 26 09:28 UTC 1995

Are you good if you see someone about to kill someone else and don't do 
anything about it?

response 15 of 27:

Feb 28 09:05 UTC 1995

Um, lets see...

You see one of your children about to kill his sibling.  You tell him not
to, knowing that he will do it anyway.  You do nothing else to stop it.  
Are you good?  Is there an overall good here?

response 17 of 27:

Mar 3 21:41 UTC 1995

I know that i am kind of late talking on this sobject but I just had
to leave a responce about if God is All Powerful.  God is all powerful
and if he wanted to he could move a mountain, but you see God doesn't have[A[A



I know that I am kind of late, talking on this subject but I just had to 
leave a responce about if God isAll Powerful.  God is all Powerful and
if ge wanted to he could move a Mountain, but you see God doesn't have
to prove himself in that type of away.  I really liked what suzi said
about this paradox.  I think she hit the a homerun with her responce.  
I wuld just like to leave you with this thought.  You see the reason
why we have evel in thei world goes all the way back to Adam b
(opps sorry) and Eve.  You seee when God made Adam and Eve he made
them perfect but Eve went and ate the apple which God told them 
not to do they disobeyed God and thats where we get sin or evel.  
There is also some place in the Bible where God says that he alowes 
temtation to be in our life so that we will be able to show him how much we
love him.  So yousee there is a God, and he is All Good and All Powerful.

response 19 of 27:

Mar 7 01:35 UTC 1995

I am not shure really what you are asking me.  But I will try to answer your
question the best I can.  No I wouldn't let my son Kill his younger brother 
to excersize his free will.  To me to KIll some one is not excersizi
free will (sorry about that), Besides KIlling is a sin but it can be forgiven
if the killer realizes that what they did was wrong.  And to answer your 2nd 
part of your question.  No you wouldn't be good if you let your son do that,
you would be sinning right along with him if you alowed that to go on.

response 21 of 27:

Mar 24 17:25 UTC 1995

        Of course it is bad of this supposed "GOD". That's why I simply don't
believe in such a silly concept as an all-good, all-powerful entity that
has divine influence on anyone.
        The Devil is merely a creation, conjured up to try and cover for
        everything
ISN'T good, with this supposed God watching over EVERYTHING, at EVERY
moment! That is what it means to be omnipotent! Even *with* a foe like
the supposed Devil, this omnipotent God would have no problem thwarting
him every time, before the problem even gets started!

response 23 of 27:

Jul 22 02:41 UTC 1995

OOPS! . . . that is, may not be the same in reference to a or "the" deity of
choice.

Hmmmm.  I'm just a novice at this.  What's the correct way to end this
response?  at # 22 I unintentionally departed this topic.