Is the concept of an all-loving, all-powerful and all-knowing God coherent? - Advantages and disadvantages table in A Level and IB Philosophy

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Is the concept of an all-loving, all-powerful and all-knowing God coherent?

Advantages

P: all loving; E: theodicies proving existence of evil and God existing together; E: afterlife (Hick)/free will (Augustine/Plantinga)/soul-making (Hick/Leibniz/Irenaeus
P: all-powerful; E: as greatest being must be all powerful by definition; E: ontological argument
P: all-knowing; E: god portrayed eternal so sees time all at once

Disadvantages

P: all-loving; E: contradicts omniscience/omnipotence; E: doesn't care or can't do anything or problem of evil i.e holocaust, war
P: all-powerful; E: what is logically possible/paradox of stone/ability to commit evil
P: all-knowing; E: free will; E: determinism

Evaluation

Idea of God incoherent

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