If an omnipotent being was proven to exist.....

that reminds me I wrote a response and it wouldn't post so I saved it.. here it is:



Ok. I've been keeping this question in mind since you posted it some time ago and feel that I've come up with my answer.

First, if this God exists, and I believe that he does, he created everything. That means there is no good thing he is not responsible for. Every wonderful moment and every joyful moment you have had you would have him to thank for. Every sense. Every thought, while yours, is the result of his creation.

Second, I believe that God is not the author of evil. He is not the reason for suffering. Because God gave beings like the angels (and satan) and us free will and the ability to choose, we were tempted and sinned and fell. Everything wrong with the world is a result of that and the fact that we can't stop doing that and that, as a result, we were separated from God.

But, I also believe that God has done everything to end world suffering. Not only did he send his only son to die for us, so that we could live now through him and his teachings in peace, but so that death itself would be defeated, so that we could be reunited to him when this world is doomed, as you say, because I believe it is.

But he also did a whole lot to help world suffering on a day to day: he is responsible for the cure to any disease, as those would not be discovered if it were not his will. He sent his people (and you will be able to tell them apart by their actions) to help others, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. He created lands of opportunity, for people to rise up out of poverty and oppression. Once again, he is responsible for all things good, and not only nature and the universe, but love and help, itself. He provided ultimate and immediate salvation and rescue. He heals hearts and afflictions now, and accepts us and loves us as we are. All he asks is that we say yes to what he has done for us, but that is our choice, the point of our existence, from a certain perspective, although I would say it is to love and be loved and be with him.

and we are pawns in a great game (though that is quite a light term, though often apt), as the beginning, rules, and end have already been established and are known, but we are also free-thinking pawns, playing the game ourselves, within our own miniature game. '

here's something that helped me a little. It's based in scripture: Is God responsible for evil?

And this sermon by the riveting, to me, anyway, Francis Chan is what kicked me into thinking of how I wanted to answer.