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That “problem” is highly simplistic. For one, many religions, including some Christian sects, don’t actually believe in the omnipotence of their deities, so the

That “problem” is highly simplistic. For one, many religions, including some Christian sects, don’t actually believe in the omnipotence of their deities, so the problem doesn’t actually exist. On the other hand, God not preventing evil while having the power to only implies malevolence if one assumes God’s only purpose for man is to not do evil, willingly or unwillingly. But there are many other alternatives, such as God wanting man to learn to not do evil. To use an equally simplistic counterpoint, if your desire is for your kids to get straight A’s, you should just do all their schoolwork for them. If your desire is for them to learn and grow, you have to tell them what they need to know, but then let them do the work themselves, knowingly they certainly will make mistakes at some point.

NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
> including some Christian sects, don’t actually believe in the omnipotence of their deities I am curious now: how do you define "Christian"? That's truly a bizarre definition if it admits sects like that. For the record, the conventional definition of a Christian is someone who believes in the Holy Trinity, one God in three persons, and has been baptized with water and that formula.
- defrost 3y ago
  Christian nontrinitarian positions include Unitarianism, Binitarianism and Modalism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binitarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binitarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modalistic_Monarchianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modalistic_Monarchianism
  - NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
    A non-Trinitarian is, by definition (see above), a non-Christian. How do you define "Christian"? There are a number of sects, with significant numbers and influence, who call on the name of Jesus (in a "Lord, Lord" way) and they "self-identify" as Christian, and yet they do not share a Christian belief as commonly understood by Christians. Christians have always defined our belief in a particular way. It's fine if sects wish to disbelieve in the Trinity or not use water Baptism, but then they cease to be members of the Church by any stretch of the imagination. These sects include henotheists such as LDS, Arians such as Jehovah's Witnesses, and non-Trinitarians such as Oneness Pentecostals. They all believe themselves to be Christians, but have excluded themselves by definition.

NoZebra120vClip 3y ago

> including some Christian sects, don’t actually believe in the omnipotence of their deities I am curious now: how do you define "Christian"? That's truly a bizarre definition if it admits sects like that. For the record, the conventional definition of a Christian is someone who believes in the Holy Trinity, one God in three persons, and has been baptized with water and that formula.

defrost 3y ago
Christian nontrinitarian positions include Unitarianism, Binitarianism and Modalism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binitarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binitarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modalistic_Monarchianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modalistic_Monarchianism
- NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
  A non-Trinitarian is, by definition (see above), a non-Christian. How do you define "Christian"? There are a number of sects, with significant numbers and influence, who call on the name of Jesus (in a "Lord, Lord" way) and they "self-identify" as Christian, and yet they do not share a Christian belief as commonly understood by Christians. Christians have always defined our belief in a particular way. It's fine if sects wish to disbelieve in the Trinity or not use water Baptism, but then they cease to be members of the Church by any stretch of the imagination. These sects include henotheists such as LDS, Arians such as Jehovah's Witnesses, and non-Trinitarians such as Oneness Pentecostals. They all believe themselves to be Christians, but have excluded themselves by definition.