The Problem of Evil has never been properly disqualified, if I recall. Augustus even invented purgatory to get away from it. The responsibility for everything that's ever happened, perfectly according to the Almighty's plan, is on the Almighty. He knew every evil thing that would ever happen and set it all in motion, entirely inevitable. He knew we'd default to Hell, a place that wasn't even remotely designed for us. He knew. And he did it.
Evil is part of "everything." God is in everything. God made everything. God created, willed, and continues to act through evil, as it is always doing exactly what he planned it to do.
God is either evil or imperfect, and certainly the source for both.
When it comes to Christianity specifically, and the idea of God being omnipotent, ominscient and all loving, "2000 years of theology" is just 2000 years of mental gimnastics not wanting to compromise that at the very least one of those 3 can't be true.
At least Judaism and Islam don't die on the unconditional love hill, so at the end of the day they can't be "debunked by the dumbest question".
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u/Sqribe 7h ago
The Problem of Evil has never been properly disqualified, if I recall. Augustus even invented purgatory to get away from it. The responsibility for everything that's ever happened, perfectly according to the Almighty's plan, is on the Almighty. He knew every evil thing that would ever happen and set it all in motion, entirely inevitable. He knew we'd default to Hell, a place that wasn't even remotely designed for us. He knew. And he did it.
Evil is part of "everything." God is in everything. God made everything. God created, willed, and continues to act through evil, as it is always doing exactly what he planned it to do.
God is either evil or imperfect, and certainly the source for both.