Comments on: The Omnipotence Paradox http://www.nyuseed.com/2008/1210/the-omnipotence-paradox/ NYU Christian Club & Publication Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mary http://www.nyuseed.com/2008/1210/the-omnipotence-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-6554 Mary Thu, 06 May 2010 22:59:22 +0000 http://www.nyuseed.com/?p=526#comment-6554 What an awesome post... I just used your logic to respond to my friend's Epicurus quote: “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?” God is perfectly GOOD and therefore does not inflict evil. God CAN be evil, but it is not in his nature to do so. he CAN prevent evil but it's up the the evil-doer to comply (hence: free will). What an awesome post… I just used your logic to respond to my friend’s Epicurus quote:

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?”

God is perfectly GOOD and therefore does not inflict evil. God CAN be evil, but it is not in his nature to do so. he CAN prevent evil but it’s up the the evil-doer to comply (hence: free will).

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