This may seem like a cheap shot but I think the question deserves an answer, preferably by a theist. The concept of God which is accepted by theologians and philosophers alike, possesses the quality of omnipotence, or unlimited power. To first express my worry in layman's terms:
Can God create a stone which he himself cannot lift? (paradox of the stone)Now obviously no matter how you answer this question it contradicts the virtue of omnipotence.
This contradictory idea can be observed in multiple concepts which are rather important. The problem of existential suffering and free will for example. Many theists like to argue that evil and suffering exists because God gave us free will. But by the definition of omnipotence, shouldn't God be able to give us free will and get rid of evil as well? Maybe by formulating a grand, abstract and incomprehensible loophole to do so?
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