It is possible for a tri-omni god to coexist with the evil which exists in this World.

Thank you for laying the challenge down; I like a challenge :)P1 - The Perpetuity of EvilPro makes an interesting theoretical case for the inevitability of evil in any reality. I agree, in principle, at least with the idea that a word for "very not good" will exist in any sentient society; I don't think that this has any bearing on the debate.I think that there are qualitative differences (not just quantitative, as Pro seems to defend) in levels of evil.Indifference to the suffering of others could be considered one level; deliberately seeking the suffering of others is another level.Now to dwell on this concept of suffering; it, like evil, is not a precisely measurable quantity. However, I think that we can come to some universal conclusions that could apply to any possible sentient society. For example, the concept "a fate worse than death" provides a definitive point of reference that could apply in any sentient society.Thus, evil may exist of the form:One individual causes another individual (or a group of individuals) to suffer a fate worse than death.I beg the gentle reader consider: must evil exist in this form? That is to say, is it beyond the wit of an omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent creator to prevent at least this excess?I can provide at least one way in which this excess might be avoided: if you gave all of your creations the ability to choose non-existence at will, there could be no such thing as "a fate worse than death". Torture would be a thing of the past - no, not quite: torture would never have been possible; it could never have had existed!I suggest that the existence of torture proves beyond doubt that there is no omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent god.P2 - Argument of IrrelevanceWhether there's an afterlife or not does not affect the fact that one might suffer in this life. An omnibenevolent God could not consider this irrelevant, as this would be indifference to suffering... omnibenevolence cannot include indifference to suffering.Pro asks us to consider:"If it *were* possible for a man to harm another's soul or even to condemn another to Hell for all eternity..."I fear that Pro is forgetting that there is an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent god involved: Hell (and who gets to spend how long there) would be, would it not, entirely in his hands? Indeed, you cannot really have Hell at all with this all-kind, all-knowing and all-powerful god.Personally, I wonder: if there is such a tri-omni god and there is a heaven... why aren't we all already just in heaven? Why create this mortal coil of suffering? So that some souls can be tortured forever? But doesn't this god know which souls they will be? Wouldn't it be better to just not create the rotten apples? Why create a soul that will "sin" and be punished for ever? That seems a wicked thing to do. I think this is what the whole idea boils down to... you cannot believe in this tri-omni god unless you believe that we are living right now in the best of all possible Worlds. Pro, do you claim that this is the best of all possible Worlds?I shall leave y'all with a joke (I don't promise it's a good one!)What's the difference between an optimist and a pessimist?The optimist believes that we live in the best of all possible Worlds.The pessimist fears this to be true!