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Unfortunately, I side-tracked a thread (sorry...I honestly didn't mean to) and it may have been one of the reasons it got closed. I was only asking a quick question, but I guess I hit a nerve and many atheists wanted to engage me. Therefore, I thought I would start a separate thread which interested parties could respond to.
So I'd like to define several possible gods:
God A: omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent
God B: not omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent
God C: omnipotent, not omniscient, and omnibenevolent
God D: omnipotent, omniscient, and not omnibenevolent
So below is the problem of evil argument:
It seems to me that the argument is specifically concluding that God A does not exist.
Question 1: Do you believe that the above argument is sound?
Question 2: If answer to #1 is "yes", then do you profess to know that God A does not exist or do you simply believe that God A does not exist?
edit: I had to correct my OP since growingsmaller so kindly pointed out that I used the wrong language. Therefore I changed Q1 from "valid" to "sound" in accordance with the below:
A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion nevertheless to be false. Otherwise, a deductive argument is said to be invalid.
A deductive argument is sound if and only if it is both valid, and all of its premises are actually true. Otherwise, a deductive argument is unsound.
So I'd like to define several possible gods:
God A: omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent
God B: not omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent
God C: omnipotent, not omniscient, and omnibenevolent
God D: omnipotent, omniscient, and not omnibenevolent
So below is the problem of evil argument:
- If an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent god exists, then evil does not.
- There is evil in the world.
- Therefore, an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent God does not exist.
It seems to me that the argument is specifically concluding that God A does not exist.
Question 1: Do you believe that the above argument is sound?
Question 2: If answer to #1 is "yes", then do you profess to know that God A does not exist or do you simply believe that God A does not exist?
edit: I had to correct my OP since growingsmaller so kindly pointed out that I used the wrong language. Therefore I changed Q1 from "valid" to "sound" in accordance with the below:
A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion nevertheless to be false. Otherwise, a deductive argument is said to be invalid.
A deductive argument is sound if and only if it is both valid, and all of its premises are actually true. Otherwise, a deductive argument is unsound.
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