Problem of evil is a flawed argument

"God cannot do certain things not because he's not able, it's because he cannot contradict his own nature. " The functional difference between the two being nonexistent of course. Additionally, the notion of God not being able to do anything for any reason is contrary to his characteristic of being omnipotent. "Your imposing your will on someone who cannot decide for themselves. " That is not how selfishness is defined. Selfishness is determined by whoever receives the greatest gain from an action. If you take actions with the aim being gain for yourself, you are selfish. If the aim is gain for everyone or for as many as possible, then you are being selfless. Since free will is a source of evil, not creating free will is selfless, not selfish. Additionally, free will does not exist. "Because we are speaking of the Christian God, we must derive our beliefs from Scriptures. The Bible doesn't say that God removes evil from the will of the person, but he helps them overcome it. " Irrelevant. Even if we accept the Bible as true (which even in the context of this debate we only have to do that for the definition of God) then that doesn't mean that things outside of the Bible do not exist. The Bible does not mention God's approval or disapproval of internet piracy. Does that mean we must assume God has a neutral stance on this issue? "We cannot totally grasp these concepts on the nature of the Christian God. Any attempt to logically construct an argument on the mechanisms of omnipotence, omnibenevolence, and omniscience is not only speculation, but it's creating your own God. Any knowledge that we have of God is obviously only revealed in Scripture. Anything else is completely unknown and only accessible to God. " But these traits are given in scripture. God has omniscience Psalm 147;4-5 God has omnipotence Matthew 19:26 God has omnibenevolence Corinthians 1 Corinthians 13 [1] Thus I have not described a separate God but in fact the God of Christianity. "That is if you incline yourself from the start, but it's also possible to alter your choices. " It's only possible to alter your choices if free will exists, which it does not. "Your forcing your will on others. " If you will is perfectly good (which God's allegedly is) then that supports love, rather than violating it. "The best world that God can create is a world needing to be refined by his power, love, and goodness. By allowing suffering, God is also allowing good to come through experience. Suffering allows human beings to express compassion and sympathy towards one another and can be transformed as a force of good in the world to help mankind. It enables us to grow and become better individuals just as science progresses in it's studies of the fatal flaws of the human body and the like. Suffering and evil allows for us to fully practice God's goodness and problem-solving, not merely avoiding it all together. " Suffering is not needed. If God existed, we could have all the perfect traits of a perfect world without any of the suffering because God is omnipotent. Essentially, this is what it comes down to. God is omnipotent. Omnipotence means infinite power. With infinite power comes infinite responsibility. With responsibility comes blame for suboptimal outcomes. With infinite responsibility comes blame for all suboptimal outcomes. Thusly, with God would lie the blame for all suboptimal outcomes, if He existed.