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Old 01-07-2004, 03:22 PM   #1
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Default Is God really omnibenevelent in the OT?

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I was having a converstion with a christian friend the other day, and she commented that the problem of evil isn't really a problem because the Bible never says God is all-good. As far as I can see, she's right. Have I missed something?
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I do not think her solution works--if she wishes to worship an evil deity, that is her business. However, she is correct that "omnibenevolent" is foreign to the OT texts and to the cultures. Considering a deity "omnibenevolent" is a rather modern convention. Indeed, some can preach an "omnibenevolence" whilst applauding the massacre of "them."

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Yep, I'm sure the Gideonites didn't think Joshua's God was Omnibenevolent. Great for the Israelites, sucks to be one of the tribes in Caanan at the time (so the myth goes).
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if she wishes to worship an evil deity, that is her business.
Well, if I believed is an evil, all-powerful diety up there who would torture me for all eternity unless I worshipped him, I just might start attending church!

I guess that Satan wasn't all that bad in the old testament either. I mean, if Adam & Eve had listened to the serpent and eaten from both trees, we would have been better off.
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