A Good God Exists

I propose a Good God cannot possibly exist given the facts of this universe. Premise 1: Deceit is not a Good. Premise 2: God deceives at least one person. Definitions: God: A Being with, at least, these three characteristics: Omniscience, Omnipotence and Omnibenevolence (All-Good). Omnibenevolence (All-Good): The most beneficial outcome for all things at all times. Omnipotence: Able to do all things (excepting those things that are not of it's nature, and logically incoherent) Omniscience: Having perfect knowledge of all actions and outcomes. 1. If God is All-Good, he does All-Good. 2. God does not reveal itself to all honest seekers (see argument from divine hiddenness)*, and thus acts deceitfully. 4. Therefore, God, if it exists, is not All-Good. Therefore, even if the Argument from divine hiddenness fails to prove a God does not exist, it certainly proves a Good God does not exist with my previous argument. Intentionality: 1. Let an intention refer to a mental state of an agent with the following characteristics: 1.a An intentional state is "directed at or about objects in the world" (Searle**, 48) 1.b An intentional state consists of "a representative content in a psychological model" (Searle, 48). In other words, an intention is a certain mental depiction representing a desired state of the external world. 1.c "such Intentional states as these can be said to be satisfied or not satisfied depending on whether the representative content actually matches or represents anything in reality" (Searle, 48) 1.d Intentions have "conditions of satisfaction" that refer to the state of affairs under which an intention would be satisfied (Searle, 48) 1.e Conditions of satisfaction can only be fulfilled through agency if the agent has the necessary "background capacities" which make this possible (Searle) Based on theory of intentionality from Searle, in order to be Good one can intend to be good, but never have Good obtain. However, this does not apply to a God which can manifest all desires. In order, then, to act in a way that is not Good, God must intend to reveal itself to some but not others based on some level of deception or deceit. It must act in way that 1) limits it's ability to reveal itself, and/or 2) limits its knowledge of how to reveal itself to each individual who honestly seeks God. A Good God, while intending everyone to know of it's existence, would have to limit the use of it's omniscience or omnipotence in order to keep that knowledge from obtaining. This cannot come from a Good intention, since deceit is not a Good. Multiple concepts of God: There are many versions of God, and many, if not most, of these version are claimed to be some version of a revelation, or even deduced via logic and reason. However, not all people receive the same revelation and Good, Honest people disagree on which God exists. If a God exists, it is clear it is not conveying the knowledge of its existence fairly. Evidence shows God is either not omnipotent: It is not alerting all of us to it's existence, or, omniscient: does not know how to teach us all of it's existence, or Omnibenevolent: Cares to make us aware of it's existence. Nazi's at Anne's House: One of the common rebuttals is that maybe God has a reason to deceive, for a greater Good. But this is not an argument for an All-Good God. An All-Good God would not lie to the Nazi's at Anne Franks door, but also not allow them to take her. An All-Good God would tell the truth AND avoid any negative consequences. (If we were omnipotent, we would say "Sure, she's upstairs. Try to take her. Make my day.") Appealing to some future Good as a reason to do something Non-Good is Theological Utilitarianism, and still means God would have to act in a non-Good way. This is impossible if something is defined as Omnibenevolent. My opponent will have to show that there is no intention for a Being that is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnibenevolent to practice deceit, or do one act that is in contradiction to it's nature. Particularly, my opponent will have to show that all actions by God are All-Good all the time, while, at the same time, explaining Divine Hiddeness and other forms of deceit in the evidence of God. Therefore, I close my opening against the proposition that a Good God exists. *The argument from Divine Hiddeness is as follows: (1) Necessarily, if God exists, anyone who is (i) not resisting God and (ii) capable of meaningful conscious relationship with God is also (iii) in a position to participate in such relationship (able to do so just by trying). (2) Necessarily, one is at a time in a position to participate in meaningful conscious relationship with God only if at that time one believes that God exists. (3) Necessarily, if God exists, anyone who is (i) not resisting God and (ii) capable of meaningful conscious relationship with God also (iii) believes that God exists. (4) There are (and often have been) people who are (i) not resisting God and (ii) capable of meaningful conscious relationship with God without also (iii) believing that God exists. (5) God does not exist. http://www.patheos.com...... **Searle, John R. "The Intentionality of Intention and Act." Cognitive Science 4, 47-70 (1980) (online source)