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Argument: Theodicy Problem

  1. God is omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent.
  2. If a being is omnipotent, it can carry out every conceivable act.
  3. If a being is benevolent, it does not want evil.
  4. If a being is omniscient, it is aware of all consequences of its actions.
  5. God can carry out every conceivable act, does not want evil, and is aware of all consequences of his actions.
  6. If the creator of the world had been aware of all consequences of his actions, could have created every conceivable world, and didn't want evil, then he would have created a world without evil.
  7. There is evil in the world.
  8. God is not the creator of this world.
  9. If God exists, then he is the creator of the world..
  10. God does not exist.

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