Pardon the interruption, but that's not a solution to the problem of evil. That's simply positing a god to whom the problem of evil doesn't apply. There are thousands of such gods in mythology. Any god who lacks the ability to eliminate all evil is not amenable to the POE. Any god who lacks the knowledge of the existence of evil is also excused. Any god who lacks the absolute, unabated desire to eliminate all evil gets a pass.
But a god who is unlimited in power, unlimited in knowledge and unlimited in desire to eliminate evil cannot exist in the same universe where evil exists. There is no scenario whereby such a god would not eliminate evil.
If a god existed that had unlimited power, knowledge and desire then he would also define what evil is and not humans.
True and the absentee Gods we have on the menu just aren't showing up.
Other than the God I am that is and he does not have the ear of the masses. Without that, no God will ever be acknowledged.
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DL
I don't understand the sentences I bolded. Are claiming to be a god? Gods are acknowledged whether they actually exist or exist only in the minds of the acknowledgers don't they?
Could you elaborate more? I think I'm missing your point.
John 10; 33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
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Psalm 82 King James Version (KJV)
82 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
The way I understand all these passages plus what is in this link, ----
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alRNbesfXXw&feature=player_embedded
Is that the Jews and Jesus lived in a world, sort of, where all are lower case gods. Somewhat like Gnostic Christians and our belief that we all have a spark of God within us.
From this assembly of gods, a God would have been elected. Jews always had men speaking in God's name and their power came from all the other gods.
At present new have many gods but not God.
If you read revelation, only at times of great stress or trouble do the masses elect themselves a God. So to speak.
A poor analogy would be how people thought of the U.S on D day. the God of gods or in political jargon, the King of kings had arrived.
I can mix political philosophy and religious theology metaphors, as above so below, because to me, it is all the same unless one wants to get stuck in semantics. I think it keeps thoughts fluid.
I am not that familiar with your U. S. politics. Can your Senators acclaim a president?
That is somewhat the way I see the old Jewish customs and their thinking about their God.