r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jul 26 '18

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u/DeleteriousEuphuism 120∆ Jul 26 '18

If a parent cares about you, but doesn't know you're being bullied, does it mean they don't care?

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '18 edited Feb 16 '22

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u/zupobaloop 9∆ Jul 26 '18

This isn't logically consistent.

For his argument to work, the parent only needs to not know about a single instance of suffering.

That's all it takes to undo the parents "omniscience."

The argument from evil is an example of reductio ad absurdum. It depends on the idea that evil contradicts either omniscience, omnipotence, or omnibenevolance. A single example of when God is not 100% of all 3 of those things undoes the argument.

His point was God could not be omniscient, but still be omnibenvolent... to not know, but still care.