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

< > God may not be good by your understanding, but that does not change the fact that He is. God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, all at the same time. Murder is bad, as you say, but that does not mean that God is not be all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good for not preventing such an act. If I slowly push a glass towards the end of a table, while you're watching, and it falls to the ground and breaks, does that make you a bad person? Let's assume that I even told you that I was going to break it. You're all-knowing in this instance, you have the power to stop it, and you feel you're a good person, but you didn't stop me. Why not? Because it didn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. It is the same for God. In his grand scheme of things, murder is what it is and He will deal with the guilty party in His own way, but ultimately the victim is rewarded. The murder victim gets to feel God's love from that point on and all is well in the Heavenly Universe. <> I don't agree, but I will get to that in just a moment. < > You are placing great importance on the Earthly body. You are also making assumptions about God's thought-process without His infinite wisdom. If God does not divinely intervene during the act of a murder, perhaps that victim is playing the role s/he was intended to play. Maybe God allowed this to happen so he could weed out the hell-bound. If corporeal existence were at the height of importance, wouldn't God exist in this form? Yes. Of course He would, but He does not and the realistic and logical conclusion must be because the corporeal existence is just a "pop quiz" until "the final" (Judgement Day). < > Again, a "pop quiz", where the Professor is not inclined to give His pupil the answers. (That's cheating.) <> Perhaps God's expectations are being met perfectly. Who are we to question God and His intentions? Do the custodial staff of a building tell the CEO how to operate the company? No. They clean up the messes and in turn collect a paycheck. It is the same in this case as well. We are God's eternal slaves and it should be our honor to take whatever He throws us to prove our worth. And when "payday" comes, He will reward us accordingly. < > By doing anything, it would mean that He had been goaded into action by His followers. Completely inappropriate. It is like surrendering to terrorism. No one puts God under their thumb -- no one. <> When raising children you need to be firm. You need to set boundaries. You need to educate in the ways of acceptable behavior. Perhaps this is all to prepare us for Heaven. Your suggestions are the same of Lucifer's and they were rejected. Why reward someone for no reason at all? Why? I does not make sense. < > That is so by your understanding. Perhaps when you've existed for an eon or two, you'll feel differently, but to Him, you are still an infant. To presume you are equal to God in intellect is at the height of flattery. Just because His actions are beyond your comprehension does not make Him incapable of being all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, all at the same time. It just means He doesn't feel obligated to expose us to information that may be detrimental to our future in eternal happiness. Thanks for the debate Miserlou. It's been fun. Have a great weekend!