God Can't be All Powerful All Knowing and All Good

Hi Solo! Thanks for taking up the debate and glad to finally debate you! "God "CAN" stop the murder, but chooses not to do so." "God "CAN" stop the murder that He knows is going to take place, but chooses not to do so." Both of these support the idea that God isn't all-good. Why would he choose not to stop the murder (I'll address this point below)? This isn't necessarily the case, he could want to stop it but not know that it's happening, or not be able to. Two out of three are possible, but not all three, because if they are then there is nothing to stop God from fixing all of the worlds problems. "God IS all-good, but chooses not to stop it." I used the murder to represent anything "bad". Murder is something I think that everyone can agree is wrong, and more importantly one of the 10 Commandments is "Thou Shalt not Murder", so obviously God thinks that it is bad too (and there isn't a religion that doesn't condemn murder). And if God is all good AND is fully capable of preventing some tragedy then he will stop it, because he is good. One of these points have to give; either he doesn't know about it, can't stop it, or doesn't want to- and if he is all good he will want to. You might bring up situations where a normally "bad" thing isn't; for the greater good or something like that. Let's say the assassination of a leader who God knows will one day cause a nuclear war. But if God is all powerful then he can prevent the assassination AND the nuclear war from happening- he can control all causes and effects so that there won't be a situation like that. "That does not mean He has to meet your expectations; nor does it mean He has to meet the expectations of others." I partially addressed this above. Earth certainly doesn't meet any religious person's idea of the perfect world, and because everyday things happen that are against the Bible and other religious doctrines I doubt that Earth is meeting God's expectations. "Just because God chooses not to expose Himself, as stated in the Bible, it does not mean He "can't" be all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good. It just means that He is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, but will not be baited into putting Himself on display." How would he be putting himself on display? He doesn't have to come down on a cloud with lightning to do something, he just has to do it. "Our time on Earth is insignificant when compared to our afterlife. How will we be able to properly appreciate His love and gift of immortal bliss without the pain in a short Earthly life?" According to the Bible, we were originally supposed to flourish in the Garden of Eden, but were cast out when Adam and Eve sinned. But if God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good then he will be able to stop sin. Causing people pain and suffering all so that he can be appreciated a little more sounds pretty selfish. My idea of heaven was that it was paradise no matter what your life on Earth was like. Why would God make us suffer on Earth, and potentially go to Hell, when it would be easy for him to give us all paradise all the time? Either he it wouldn't be easy for him, not all-knowing or all-powerful, or he doesn't want to because he's not all-good.