Biblical descriptions of the nature of the Christian God and free will are contradictory.

I also apologize to my opponent for the confusion regarding my syllogism's annotation due to my writing structure QUESTION TO MY OPPONENT: Why do you think that the Christian God wishes to be worshiped? ON THE DEFINITION OF GOD My opponent questions the link between traditional and biblical definitions of God. When I defined God "traditionally", I simply proposed a definition of God that you would receive from an average Christian, a definition that would almost seem to be common sense. Nonetheless, the Bible, being a book about God, has plenty of verses describing how awesome/powerful/loving/great/(insert adjective here) God is. Omnipotence: Re 19:6: - . .. Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Mt 28:18 - And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth Omniscience: 1Jo 3:20 - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. All-Encompassing Benevolence Numbers 23:19 - God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? Deuteronomy 4:31 - For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath. The "traditional" definition of God clearly gained that status by having deep roots in biblical doctrine. REGARDING THE HUMAN PERSPECTIVE OF EVIL My opponent states that humans do not hold the proper perspective to determine what is or isn't evil, a point that I hold no contest to; I did not mention the book of Job in my first round as a refutation of God's omnibenevolence, but simply pointed it out it's status as one of the Bible's only attempts to explain an omnipotent God in a world where evil is abound. And indeed evil is abound; while we may not know exactly what is evil, we do know that evil exists, through the Bible verses already mentioned. However, this does bring up an interesting point: if we cannot know all differences in good and evil from our limited perspective, then by what means are we able to judge God as omnibenevolent? Are we to take God's word for it? With our limited perspective, God's claim to omnibenevolence is no more credible than my own. REGARDING GOD'S ROLE IN HUMAN AFFAIRS My opponent asserts that God does not wish to create a "hedonistic paradise" or any such state where humans are "forced" to be the best they could be; he instead suggests that an omnibenevolent being would prefer a world where finite human beings are perfected. The problem with this assumption is that if God wishes to help humans be perfecting in this world and live in that perfection in the next, He's doing a pretty bad job. With all of the hate and violence in this world, it's obvious that neither the hedonistic paradise or the assisted perfection lifestyle are being reached; your example of God's ideals for man would be valid if they were remotely realistic. Thus far in this debate, here is the conclusion that is ultimately reached. -An omnibenevolent being would wish to bring about the best state possible, whether it is a "hedonistic paradise" or a world that fosters "moral integrity, magnanimity, compassion, courage, humor, honesty, and the capacity for love". -If that omnibenevolent being is further omnipotent, then it has the means to carry out the aforementioned benevolent state. -If that omnipotent being did not work to create the benevolent state, it would contradict the notion of him being omnibenevolent- he would only be partially benevolent by fault of only maintaining a partially benevolent state. -Thus, assuming that God is both omnipotent and omnibenevolent, he would by definition interfere in order to further his benevolent nature in creating the benevolent state. -Such interference is a contradiction to free will. Regardless of what the state God is working towards happens to be, the fact that he is working towards some sort of state shows that free will and the Christian God cannot logically stand beside each other. For now I return the debate into the hands of my opponent. Good luck.