The inconsistent triad
- Created by: Rowanne Rees
- Created on: 28-04-13 16:21
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- The Inconsistent Triad - Mackie
- Christians want to claim that God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevel-ent yet there appears to be a contradiction between claiming these ideas and the presence of evil and suffering in the world
- The triad suggest: -God is omnipotent. -God is omnibenevelent. -Evil Exists in the world
- It is logically inconsistent for these three statements to exist simultaneously
- If God was omnipotent he would have to power to get rid of evil
- Also if God was omnipotent, he had the power to create a universe without evil and suffering and as it is present in the world, this calls God's characteristics into question
- Evil is so obvious in it's effects that it cannot be denied
- If God were omnibenevelent, he would want to help his creation and not want it to suffer
- Therefore these statement seem to offer a contradiction
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