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Scenario:
Someone is being robbed at gunpoint. Robber says, "Give me the money or I'll kill you."
There you are standing behind the robber with a gun. You have the power to stop him. He doesn't know you're there. But yet, you choose not to stop therobber. The person being robbed doesn't give up their money. The robbers shoots them and kills them.
Can you really say that you are still a good person after letting that person die, even though you deliberately chose not to save them? I definitely can't.
Can you say you're still good?
So how can a Christian say God is all-good when God has the power to stop evil, but purposely chooses not to stop it?
Furthermore, if you were raised without being taught that God is all-good, would you really say that God is all-good after growing up and seeing the kinds ofthings happen in this world?
Someone is being robbed at gunpoint. Robber says, "Give me the money or I'll kill you."
There you are standing behind the robber with a gun. You have the power to stop him. He doesn't know you're there. But yet, you choose not to stop therobber. The person being robbed doesn't give up their money. The robbers shoots them and kills them.
Can you really say that you are still a good person after letting that person die, even though you deliberately chose not to save them? I definitely can't.
Can you say you're still good?
So how can a Christian say God is all-good when God has the power to stop evil, but purposely chooses not to stop it?
Furthermore, if you were raised without being taught that God is all-good, would you really say that God is all-good after growing up and seeing the kinds ofthings happen in this world?