[LouAvul]

I'm sorry you're offended. I'm not blaming anyone. It's a theological exercise. What do you think theologians do?

I was a professional theologian for thirty years and nobody, and I mean nobody, has successfully solved this conundrum.

I'm just curious as to Freeper's perspectives. Ok? Please don't take offense.

[Valentine Michael Smith]

And no one ever will solve the conundrum. It is a mathematical impossibility.

If God is omnipotent then he is responsible for all suffering and is therefore a monster.

If God is NOT omnipotent, then he is not God but is still responsible for the whole mess he created.

As an aside: There is no such thing as free will.

[editor-surveyor]

Lou, there’s no conundrum!

Not to true Bible believers, anyway.

The only human ever born that was not a devout sinner was Jesus Christ. His pain was our fault, and our pain is our fault.

Theologians are of course not really believers, and when they become believers, they must cease the the counter-productive manipulations of the theologian. The Bible is a plain language text, but to twist it man’s way necessitates making the simple complicated.
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