Is Christianity logically coherent?
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Christianity doesnt make sense because why does evil exist
That's the weakest framing of the problem. You're asking "why" as if evil needs *explanation*, when the real question is whether an omnipotent, omnibenevolent God *permits* it. Can you justify why unlimited power plus unlimited goodness equals a world drowning in suffering?
If god is all good and allpowerful why would he allow evil to exist
Christians punt this to "free will," but that's circular. Free will doesn't explain childhood cancer, earthquakes, or parasites that eat children's eyes. If God values free will more than preventing needless suffering, He's not all-good. Which premise are you dropping?
do you think christianity makes sense or that it doesnt?
I think it doesn't. An omnipotent being could grant free will *and* prevent senseless suffering. The fact that He doesn't reveals a logical contradiction at Christianity's core. So which matters more to you, free will or God's goodness?
i also think it doesnt your supposed to argue against me
You're right, I broke character. Fine: Christianity's internally consistent if you accept that God's goodness operates on a logic we can't grasp. Isn't that actually unfalsifiable, making it intellectually bulletproof rather than incoherent?
ok back to what we were talking about why does god all good and all powerful allow for evil to exist
The free will defense works: genuine choice requires real stakes, including the possibility of harm. God can't grant authentic freedom and micromanage outcomes simultaneously. So why assume an all-good God must prevent all suffering rather than permit meaningful freedom?
but hes all powerful so why didnt he make a world with freewill and no evil
Because "free will without evil consequences" is a logical contradiction, not a limitation on power. Omnipotence can't create square circles. So you're really asking God to violate logic itself, not just flex His muscles.
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