There is also debate regarding the compatibility of moral free will ( to select good or evil action ) with the absence of evil from heaven, with God's omniscience and with his omnibenevolence.
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Mackie's formulation of the logical problem of evil argued that three attributes of God, omniscience, omnipotence, and omnibenevolence, in orthodox Christian theism are logically incompatible with the existence of evil.
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"' Omnipotence "'is the quality of having unlimited power . philosophies of Abrahamic religions, omnipotence is often listed as one of a deity's characteristics among many, including omniscience, omnipresence, and omnibenevolence.
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Dystheists may themselves be theists or atheists, and in the case of either, concerning the nature of the God of Jonathan Edwards, a devout theist, describes a God full of vengeful rage and contempt, seemingly different from one with Christ-like omnibenevolence.
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Proponents of Pandeism contend that benevolence ( much less omnibenevolence ) is simply not required to account for any property of our Universe, as a morally neutral deity which was powerful enough to have created our Universe as we experience it would be, by definition, able to have created our Universe as we experience it.
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Julian lived in a time of turmoil, but her theology was optimistic and spoke of God's Omnibenevolence and love in terms of joy and compassion . " Revelations of Divine Love " " contains a message of optimism based on the certainty of being loved by God and of being protected by his Providence ."
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"' Natural evil "'is evil for which no non-divine agent can be held morally responsible for its occurrence . By contrast, moral evil is caused by human activity . The existence of natural evil challenges belief in the omnibenevolence or the omnipotence of deities and the existence of deities including God.
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Numerous variants of the theory have been presented : historically, figures including Saint Augustine, Duns Scotus, and Thomas Aquinas have presented various versions of divine command theory; more recently, Robert Merrihew Adams has proposed a " modified divine command theory " based on the omnibenevolence of God in which morality is linked to human conceptions of right and wrong.
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A similar account is found in the New Testament epistles where in 2 Thessalonians 1 : 8-9 ( King James Version ) the distinction between the elect of God and the non-elect is clearly distinguished stating : " In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ : / Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power . " Therein everlasting punishment upon the non-elect does not allow the absolute form of omnibenevolence required for the absolute form of theodicy when discussed on the basis of the New Testament narratives as well.
