THE THEODICY QUESTION: GOD EITHER NOT OMNIPOTENT OR NOT KIND-HEARTED?
The classical theodicy riddle goes like this: Since there is evil, God cannot be omnipotent and at the same time kind, for if He were so He would not have allowed evil. So, if He exists, He is either omnipotent, but not kind-hearted, for He does nothing to stop evil; or He is kind-hearted but not omnipotent, for though He…