Re: problem of evil - to clear things up

"Damien Stanton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> No, the argument's premisses remain - the giving of free will does not
> undermine omnipotence: God could take free will away at any time but doesn't
> so as to maxmise good.  The debate stalemates on how much one values free
> will: is it worth the evil it causes?

You accept that evil exists, and explicitly state that God is 
omnipotent, so you must be denying his benevolence, He refuses to 
eliminate evil. Or maybe you really are denying omnipotence by saying he 
is not powerful enough grant us free will and eliminate evil at the same 
time.

In any case, you cannot refute the argument without denying one or more 
of the premises. Unless you deny logic itself, in which case God can 
both exist and not exist at the same time...