Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Yeah, but if god is omnicient, omnipotent, and omnipresent then how do you explain events like the holocaust, 9/11, the atomic bombs, AIDs, cancer, starvation, etc? If he is trying to "teach us a lesson", I would think he could do it in a less destructive way. IMO this is the most striking proof he doesn't exist (at least not in the manifestation understood by christianity / islam.
No, that just shows that preventing suffering isn't the #1 priority. Free choice is.